Empowerment through acculturation: Forgetting and contesting the past among the Phunoy in northern Laos

Author: Bouté, Vanina

Source: South East Asia Research, Volume 14, Number 3, November 2006 , pp. 431-443(13)

Publisher: IP Publishing Ltd

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Abstract:

This article uncovers the legend of Senpongsimun, a Phunoy hero, as narrated by members of the Tibeto-Burmese-speaking group living in northern Laos. By highlighting the story of the highland hero, the article seeks to disclose these people's vision of the past, and more significantly, their unorthodox strategy to maintain a distinctive identity from the ethnic majority in contemporary Laos.

Keywords: NARRATIVE; KINGSHIP; LAOS; PHUNOY

Document Type: Research article

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