Pavatsat Lao: constructing a national history

Author: Lockhart, Bruce M.

Source: South East Asia Research, Volume 14, Number 3, November 2006 , pp. 361-386(26)

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Abstract:

This article focuses on the 1,300-page Pavatsat Lao published in Vientiane in 2000, by far the most comprehensive national history to be written since 1975. Through the review of the book's main themes and agendas, it seeks to show how the Lao past is being constructed and reconstructed as the nation enters the twenty-first century. Of particular interest is the treatment of early Lao civilization, as well as the ways in which the past is being reconstructed to minimize ethnic difference and to produce an integrated multi-ethnic history.

Keywords: HISTORIOGRAPHY; ETHNOGRAPHY; ETHNIC MINORITIES; LAOS

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000006778881573

Publication date: 2006-11-01

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South East Asia Research publishes articles based on original research or fieldwork on all aspects of South East Asia within the disciplines of archaeology, art history, economics, geography, history, language and literature, law, music, political science, social anthropology and religious studies. This peer-reviewed journal is published four times per year by IP Publishing in cooperation with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). SOAS is the leading centre in this field in Europe and one of the most prestigious centres of South East Asian Studies in the world.
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