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Informationen zum Autor Oscar Salemink works for the Ford Foundation in Vietnam. Heis also a lecturer in social and cultural anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Klappentext This book looks at ethnographic discourses concerning the indigenous population of Vietnam's Central Highlands during periods of christianization, colonization, war and socialist transformation. Zusammenfassung This book looks at ethnographic discourses concerning the indigenous population of Vietnam's Central Highlands during periods of christianization, colonization, war and socialist transformation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Ethnography, Anthropology and Colonial Discourse 2. Missionaries, Explorers and Savages: The Construction of an Evolutionist Discourse 3. Leopold Sabatier: Colonial Administration and Cultural Relativism 5. The Return of the Python God: Multiple Interpretations of a Millenarian Movement 6. War and Ethnography: Territorialization, Ethnicization and Cultural Relativism 7. Romancing the Montagnards: The Role of Anthropology 8. The Dying God Revisited: The King of Fire and Vietnamese Ethnic Policies 9. Conclusion: French, American and Vietnamese Ethnographies in Comparative Perspective Maps and Charts Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
