Dreams of Prosperity

Inequality and Integration in Southeast Asia

AvSilvia Vignato

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This fresh and unusual collection offers a critical reflection on Southeast Asia as a progressively integrated space of production, exchange, and circulation within and beyond national boundaries. The essays describe the successful or unsuccessful entry of specific individuals or groups into wider markets and networks in their quest for prosperity—in Thailand, by Lua peasant farmers, slum families, the last century’s teak laborers, and ethnic tour hosts; in Indonesia, by communities resisting environmental destruction and the urban poor; and in Vietnam, by human trafficking returnees. The authors examine how these groups are socially and symbolically defined and redefined in the process of integration and the sense-making effort that characterizes many destitute people in urban contexts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-09-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Dreams of Prosperity
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Silkworm Books
ISBN:9786162151415

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Mer om författaren

Silvia Vignato is associate professor in anthropology at Universita di Milano-Bicocca and chief editor of Antropologia. Contributors are Matteo Carlo Alcano, Amnuayvit Thitibordin, Monika Arnez, Giuseppe Bolotta, Olivier Evrard, Karnrawee Sratongno, Runa Lazzarino, Manoj Potapohn, Amalia Rossi, Sakkarin Na Nan, and Silvia Vignato.