Anthropology
- 1 January 1996
- book chapter
- Published by Bloomsbury Academic
Abstract
ExtractLewis Hill Michael Hitchcock The study of the anthropology of Southeast Asia can appear to be a daunting task at the beginning. There is no standard textbook covering the whole area to ease one into the vast literature, the nearest approach being the encyclopaedic studies from the Human Relations Area Files, compiled and edited by Frank LeBar et al. (1964, 1972 and 1975) . These volumes have the convenience of a structured approach to the description of ethnic units in the area, and condensed notes on the knowledge accumulated about its many peoples over the 150 years or so prior to publication. They are essential and invaluable reference works. For linking this ethnography to a broader anthropological perspective one has to turn to textbooks covering parts of the area, such as those by Kroeber (1943) , Peacock (1973) , Provencher (1975) and Keyes (1979) . An enormous amount of research...Keywords
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