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...

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