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On the basis of a case study among the Bru of the Central Vietnamese Highlands, I examine how the recent introduction of Photoshop-manipulated photographs into the Bru ancestor cult fits with their traditional religious conceptions about pollution and oblivion. I propose three possible explanations for the entrance of these photographs into Bru culture: culture change, mimicry, and syncretism. Based on this, I raise the question of how to interpret the effects of photographs on the Bru: what do they mean or express in terms of identification with and integration and assimilation into Vietnamese society? After discussing some instances of general photo use among the resettled Bru of Ðắk Lắk, I present a case study on how the photos taken from the identity cards of a deceased man and his widow were transformed into a manipulated Bru ancestor photo in a Vietnamese-run photography shop. At the end of my paper I rephrase the question of photo manipulation in a wider context – that of the relationship between subjects and objects, i.e. human persons and the material world.

This study examines the ancestral dream, an element of ancestor veneration that has persisted in African American religious life since the arrival of their enslaved ancestors in this country. Although changes have occurred in ancestor veneration, this study demonstrates its continued importance in maintaining harmonious family relations.

Cover Page -- Family History -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Glossary -- Chronology of the British in India -- Chapter 1: Getting Started -- Name Your Ancestors -- Geography -- Online Resources -- Visiting Archives -- Other London Archives -- Archives Elsewhere in the UK -- India -- Chapter 2: History of the British in India: the East India Company (EIC) -- Origins of the East India Company (EIC) -- High Mortality Rate -- Records of Britons Resident in India -- Chapter 3: Company Rule in India -- Governors of India -- Civil Servants -- Growth of the EIC -- Twilight Years of the East India Company -- Chapter 4: The India Office and the Raj -- 1857 Indian Mutiny -- The Raj and the India Office Records -- Changes in Social Life -- The Anglo-Indian Community -- New Occupations and Their Resources -- Later Directories -- Growth of Empire: Expansion into Africa -- Viceroys -- The Amritsar Massacre and the Rise of Indian Nationalism -- Burma -- Chapter 5: The East India Company's Armies, the Indian Army, the British Army in India and the Royal Indian Air Force -- The East India Company's Armies -- Indian Army (IA) 1858-1947 -- British Army -- First World War -- Everyday Military Life in India 1900-47 -- Second World War and the Japanese Invasion of Singapore and Burma -- Chapter 6: Merchants and Ships -- Maritime Ancestors -- Indian Navy (1830-1863) and the Royal Indian Marine/Navy (1877-1948) -- Further Sources -- British Merchant Seamen -- Royal Navy -- Records of Ships -- Merchants and Trade -- The Tea Trade -- Travel To and From India -- Chapter 7: Religion, Cemeteries and Schools -- Ecclesiastical Records -- Non-Anglican Records and Places of Worship -- Religions in India -- Conversion To and From Christianity -- Missionaries and Religious Leaders -- Cemeteries -- Schools and Orphans -- Orphan Asylums.