Remaining Karen: a study of cultural reproduction and the maintenance of identity
In: Monographs in Anthropology Series
Introduction --Settlement history, headmanship, and the lord of the water, lord of the land --Kinship, marriage, and domestic social organisation --Village organisation and the sociology of production and consumption --The economy of Palokhi: subsistence in a regional context --Agricultural rituals: the ceremonial cycle in Palokhi --Conclusion: cultural reproduction and the maintenance of identity --Appendixes.The 'Au' Ma Xae ritual --Labour expended on agricultural activities and co--operative labour exchanges in Palokhi (21 January 1981 -- 31 December 1981) --A note on work and wage work in Palokhi --Swidden cultivation in Palokhi --Crops grown in Palokhi Swiddens --Wet-rice cultivation in Palokhi --The agistment of buffaloes and cattle in Palokhi --Examples of household budgets in Palokhi --The origin of the Karen: an "official" history.