This book looks at ethnographic discourses concerning the indigenous population of Vietnam's Central Highlands during periods of christianization, colonization, war and socialist transformation, and analyses these in their relation to tribal, ethnic, territorial, governmental and gendered discourses. Salemink's book is a timely contribution to anthropological knowledge, as the ethnic minorities in Vietnam have (again) been the object of fierce academic debate. This is a historically grounded post-colonial critique relevant to theories of ethnicity and the history of anthropology, and will be of interest to graduate students of anthropology and cultural studies, as well as Vietnam studies.

About the Author

Oscar Salemink works for the Ford Foundation in Vietnam. Heis also a lecturer in social and cultural anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.

Reviews

'Salemink provides abundant evidence to enable one to come to such a critical conclusion.' - Jan J. DeWolf, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Book Information
ISBN 9781138863422
Author Oscar Salemink
Format Paperback
Page Count 412
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 760g