Book ID: CBB603291010

The Khmer Lands of Vietnam: Environment, Cosmology, and Sovereignty (2014)

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Philip Taylor (Author)


University of Hawaiʻi Press


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 350
Language: English

The indigenous people of Southern Vietnam, known as the Khmer Krom, occupy territory over which Vietnam and Cambodia have competing claims. Regarded with ambivalence and suspicion by nationalists in both countries, these in-between people have their own claims on the place where they live and a unique perspective on history and sovereignty in their heavily contested homelands. To cope with wars, environmental re-engineering and nation-building, the Khmer Krom have selectively engaged with the outside world in addition to drawing upon local resources and self-help networks. This groundbreaking book reveals the sophisticated ecological repertoire deployed by the Khmer Krom to deal with a complex river delta, and charts their diverse adaptations to a changing environment. In addition, it provides an ethnographically grounded exposition of Khmer mythic thought that shows how the Khmer Krom position themselves within a landscape imbued with life-sustaining potential, magical sovereign power and cosmological significance. Offering a new environmental history of the Mekong River delta, this book is the first to explore Southern Vietnam through the eyes of its indigenous Khmer residents.

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Authors & Contributors
Biggs, David
Robby Zidny
Elmhirst, Rebecca
Luedee, Jonathan
John Cropper
Shih, Ashanti
Concepts
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Environmental history
Ecosystem
Nature
Science and society
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
Early modern
20th century, early
Places
Vietnam
United States
Thailand
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
Laos
Institutions
Grampians National Park
École Française d'Extrême-Orient
Yellowstone National Park
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