At the Edge of the Forest : : Essays on Cambodia, History, and Narrative in Honor of David Chandler /

At the Edge of the Forest : : Essays on Cambodia, History, and Narrative in Honor of David Chandler / / ed. by Anne Ruth Hansen, Judy Ledgerwood.

Inspired by David Chandler's groundbreaking work on Cambodian attempts to find order in the aftermath of turmoil, these essays explore Cambodian history using a rich variety of sources that cast light on Khmer perceptions of violence, wildness, and order, examining the "forest" and cu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
MitwirkendeR:
Au, Sokhieng,
Chandler, David,
Davis, Erik W.,
Ebihara, May,
Edwards, Penny,
Hansen, Anne Ruth,
Hinton, Alexander Laban,
Ledgerwood, Judy,
Marston, John,
Thompson, Ashley,
HerausgeberIn:
Hansen, Anne Ruth,
Ledgerwood, Judy,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2008
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (251 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword: Some Introductory Remarks
  • At the Edge of the Forest: Narrative, Order, and Questions of Meaning in Khmer History and Society
  • David Chandler: Selected Bibliography
  • Coming to Cambodia
  • Introduction to "Songs at the Edge of the Forest"
  • Songs at the Edge of the Forest: Perceptions of Order in Three Cambodian Texts
  • PART I: GAPS IN THE WORLD
  • Gaps in the World: Harm and Violence in Khmer Buddhist Narrative
  • Songs at the Edge of Democratic Kampuchea
  • PART II: ALTERNATIVE READINGS OF THE PAST
  • Performative Realities: Nobody's Possession
  • The King with Hansen's Disease: Tales of the Leper in Colonial Cambodia
  • Between a Song and a Prei: Tracking Cambodian History and Cosmology through the Forest
  • PART III: NEW SONGS
  • Constructing Narratives of Order: Religious-Building Projects and Moral Chaos
  • Ritual In 1990 Cambodian Political Theatre: New Songs At The Edge Of The Forest
  • Imaginary Conversations With Mothers About Death
  • Contributors
  • Southeast Asia Program Publications

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