weaving in writers' life stories and new translations of Burmese fiction and poetry
one of FPI’s founding fathers and its current head
Review by The Guardian (Thursday 11 September 2014)
University of Helsinki
Alain Mounier is director of research at the Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) and has served as an adviser to several governments in Europe
Ethnicity, Borders, and the Grassroots Interface with the State: Studies on Southeast Asia in Honor of Charles F. Keyes Laso weaving in writers' life storiesnotes, bibliog., index, paperback Ethnicity, Borders, and the Grassroots Interface with the State brings together exciting new work by anthropologists working on mainland Southeast Asia. The volume honors anthropologist Charles F. Keyes and the chapters here address concepts central to Keyes own workethnicity, religion, and modernityas they can be applied to the countries of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The volume also reflects recent