Svay : : A Khmer Village in Cambodia / / May Mayko Ebihara; ed. by Andrew C. Mertha.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Ebihara, May Mayko,
• MitwirkendeR: Ledgerwood, Judy,; Mertha, Andrew,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ledgerwood, Judy.
• HerausgeberIn: Mertha, Andrew C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.) :; 29 tables, 6 maps, 2 diagrams, 1 chart

May Mayko Ebihara (1934-2005) was the first American anthropologist to conduct ethnographic research in Cambodia. Svay provides a remarkably detailed picture of individual villagers and of Khmer social structure and kinship, agriculture, politics, and religion. The world Ebihara described would soon be shattered by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. Fifty percent of the villagers perished in the reign of terror, including those who had been Ebihara's adoptive parents and grandparents during her fieldwork. Never before published as a book, Ebihara's dissertation served as the foundation for much of our subsequent understanding of Cambodian history, society, and politics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Svay: A Khmer Village in Cambodia -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Cambodia as a Whole -- Chapter 3 Village Svay: The Setting and Social Structure -- Chapter 4 Economic Organization -- Chapter 5 Religion -- Chapter 6 The Life Cycle -- Chapter 7 Political Organization -- Chapter 8 Relations of the Village with the Surrounding World -- Chapter 9 Conclusion -- Appendix A Ethnological Literature on the Khmer -- Appendix B Circumstances of the Research -- Appendix C Demographic Analysis of West Svay's Population -- Appendix D Census of Households in West Svay -- Appendix E Kinship Terminology -- Appendix F Cultivated Flora in West Svay -- Appendix G Ownership of Property and Additional Sources of Income -- Appendix H The Division of Labor in Common Activities -- Appendix I The Annual Cycle -- References -- Memories of the Pol Pot Era in a Cambodian Village -- Memories of the Pol Pot Era in a Cambodian Village -- Index