Stories from an ancient land: perspectives on Wa history and culture

In: Asian anthropologies volume 12

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Sources, History, Issues -- Chapter 1 - Gifts and Debts: Fieldwork in the Wa Lands -- Chapter 2 - Naming Oneself, Naming the World -- Chapter 3 - Rice Beer and the Making of Wa Sociality -- Chapter 4 - Mining, Hierarchy, and the Anti-state Wa -- Chapter 5 - Slavery as a Threat to the Ideology of Kinship -- Chapter 6 - War, Headhunting, and the Erasure of Wa History -- Chapter 7 - Barbarian Ruse: Playing with the Fears of the Civilized -- Chapter 8 - Disease and Death in the Peripheral Situation -- Chapter 9 - Hope against Hope: Border Prophets and Foreign Saviors -- Chapter 10 - The Power of the Exotic: Negotiating the Future -- Epilogue: Dark Clouds Gathering -- References -- Index.