Of Soukhuan and Laos
Modern societies need ritual elaborations as much as they need science (Ernest Gellner,1992 :91). As Gellner puts it, "ritual now mirrors, not the real situation, but the past or fictitious distribution of social power in Laos". The soukhuan is the most ubiquitious of all occasions and cel...
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| description | Modern societies need ritual elaborations as much as they need science (Ernest Gellner,1992 :91). As Gellner puts it, "ritual now mirrors, not the real situation, but the past or fictitious distribution of social power in Laos". The soukhuan is the most ubiquitious of all occasions and celebrations, according to a Lao scholar, Phoumirath (2002) in his paper titled Laoness Performed : Rituals, Memory and Identity In Laos Wedding. |
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| spelling | unimas-20852020-08-10T03:42:29Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/ Of Soukhuan and Laos Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern HT Communities. Classes. Races Modern societies need ritual elaborations as much as they need science (Ernest Gellner,1992 :91). As Gellner puts it, "ritual now mirrors, not the real situation, but the past or fictitious distribution of social power in Laos". The soukhuan is the most ubiquitious of all occasions and celebrations, according to a Lao scholar, Phoumirath (2002) in his paper titled Laoness Performed : Rituals, Memory and Identity In Laos Wedding. Kota Samarahan : Faculty of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2006 Working Paper NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/1/2011-10-pubChaiEG.pdf Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern (2006) Of Soukhuan and Laos. [Working Paper] (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | HT Communities. Classes. Races Chai, Elena Gregoria Chin Fern Of Soukhuan and Laos |
| title | Of Soukhuan and Laos |
| title_full | Of Soukhuan and Laos |
| title_fullStr | Of Soukhuan and Laos |
| title_full_unstemmed | Of Soukhuan and Laos |
| title_short | Of Soukhuan and Laos |
| title_sort | of soukhuan and laos |
| topic | HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2085/1/2011-10-pubChaiEG.pdf |