{"product_id":"community-movements-in-southeast-asia-an-anthropological-perspective-of-assemblages-9786162151866","title":"Community Movements in Southeast Asia: An Anthropological Perspective of Assemblages","description":"\u003cp\u003eDerived from the terms \u003ci\u003ecommunity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003esocial movement\u003c\/i\u003e, Shigeharu Tanabe's concept of community movements is the process by which people create alternative communities, practices, and worlds that resist the influence and imposition of hegemonic political structures. Community movements enable us to capture the reality of power relations as they arise from and involve small-scale, face-to-face interactions rather than the assumed existence of social institutions such as the nation-state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrating this alternative means of constructing social identities and relations, this book contains vivid ethnographic descriptions of community movements across Southeast Asia, including the Buddhist Utopian movement, the creation of community radio, Hmong ex-communists, the creation of agricultural networks in Thailand, the Dhamma School movement, the Muslim and ethnic minority Kayah community in Myanmar, the construction of the Rope Bridge in a village in Laos, and the global land rights movement in Cambodia. Collectively, these movements provide the reader with a glimpse of other possibilities for the world as it exists now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRyoko Nishii\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Her recent works include \u003ci\u003eEthnography of Affect\u003c\/i\u003e (2013, in Japanese) and the co-edited book \u003ci\u003eAffectus: Touching the Outside of Life \u003c\/i\u003e(2020, in Japanese). \u003cb\u003eShigeharu Tanabe\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus at the National Museum of Ethnology in Japan and currently teaches anthropology and Japanese studies at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Recent works include \u003ci\u003eAnthropology of Spirits: Politics of Communities in Northern Thailand\u003c\/i\u003e (2013, in Japanese) and \u003ci\u003eCommunities of Potential: Social Assemblages in Thailand and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50389026078994,"sku":"9786162151866","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9de60d53-b6fe-44b9-8332-ca1767ab148e.jpg?v=1728914084","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/community-movements-in-southeast-asia-an-anthropological-perspective-of-assemblages-9786162151866","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}