Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism in Southeast Asia

Festschrift, dedicated to Hans Dieter Kubitscheck. Edited by Thomas Engelbert and Andreas Schneider.

Ten authors representing different academic disciplines (mainly history and ethnology) as well as four different countries (Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Burma/Myanmar) discuss the relations between ethnic minorities and the nation state in Southeast Asia in colonial and modern times. The volume also features a brief biographical overview of Hans Dieter Kubitschek and a comprehensive bibliography of his works. Contents: B. Dahm: Ethnic Groups, Colonial Conquest and Nationalism in Sumatra. - V. J. H. Houben: Communal Conflict in Post-Suharto Indonesia. The Case of Ambon. - M. S. Heidhues: Who Wants to be Non-Pribumi? The Uses of Parentheses. - S. Kuhnt-Saptodewo: Religion and Identity. - W. Wagner: 'Volkwerdung' under the Sign of the Cross. A Protestant Concept of Emerging Nationhood. - A. Esche: Nation, Nation-State and Ethnicity (with reference to the Union of Myanmar). - W. Lulei: Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam, Past and Present. - T. Engelbert: Ideology and Reality. 'Nationalitätenpolitik' in North and South Vietnam and the First Indochina War. - L. Cheutching: The Situation of the Hmong and Minority Politics in Laos. - A. Schneider: Nationalism, National Awakening and Ethnic Approaches in Laos at the End of World War II. 194 Seiten, broschiert (Peter Lang Verlag 2000) Mängelexemplar/near mint