The Lisu : far from the ruler /
"Descriptive accounts of Lisu individuals, communities, regions, and practices brings the Lisu and their distinct, ironic worldview to life. A view of humanity's transition from border-free tribal groupings into today's nation-states and global market economy"--Provided by publis...
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Lisu world
- Mythic origins
- History and origin theories
- Modern times (opium/heroin sidebar somewhere in here)
- Migration
- Identity and flux
- View from the village. The village ; a temporary encampment. The village ; social organization and symbolic significance. The village ; dispute solving
- Being a Lisu.
- Childhood ; learning by doing (childhood, girls, boys)
- Men, women, courtship and marriage. New year celebrations: setting the stage for romance. Gender roles, courtship, and sexuality. Negotiating bride wealth.
- Household: the place for family and work. Dualism in division of labor. Food, feasts, and liquor. clothes. Home/field/jungle connection
- Cosmic views. Spiritual and physical worlds converge. Lisu curing and dealing with spirits on a daily basis. Impact of Christianity. . . just one more influence?
- Economy. economic activities in the forest. sweat: the Lisu capital. Lisu women ; economic partners. The lure of the land. Book II. Lisu by country, sketches of Thailand, Myanmar, and China
- Comparing national scenes: full of opportunities to be wrong
- Thailand
- Burma/Myanmar
- China. Conclusions, and notes on where Lisu might go from here.