Questionner la question ethnique : lecture historique et politique des appartenances culturelles au Laos

The 6 million people forming the Laotian population are officially divided into 49 ethnic groups. How can we explain this huge diversity of people ? How do they live together ? How does the State manage this diversity ? Based on the existing literature and on personal field research, I am presenting...

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Main Author: Grégoire Schlemmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2015-09-01
Series:Moussons
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/moussons/3195
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spelling doaj-01b45e5c3132472688fe6af8917e6c552020-11-25T01:50:22ZengUniversité de ProvenceMoussons1620-32242262-83632015-09-012553710.4000/moussons.3195Questionner la question ethnique : lecture historique et politique des appartenances culturelles au LaosGrégoire SchlemmerThe 6 million people forming the Laotian population are officially divided into 49 ethnic groups. How can we explain this huge diversity of people ? How do they live together ? How does the State manage this diversity ? Based on the existing literature and on personal field research, I am presenting in this paper a general and synthetic perspective of the ethnic question in Laos. In doing so, I defend the idea that ethnicity should be conceived not as a given, but as a product resulting from a particular process that I will clarify here. This analysis will allow me to propose a socio-political perspective on ethnic and cultural issues.http://journals.openedition.org/moussons/3195ethnicityethnicLaosSoutheast Asiahistorypolitic
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Questionner la question ethnique : lecture historique et politique des appartenances culturelles au Laos
Moussons
ethnicity
ethnic
Laos
Southeast Asia
history
politic
author_facet Grégoire Schlemmer
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title Questionner la question ethnique : lecture historique et politique des appartenances culturelles au Laos
title_short Questionner la question ethnique : lecture historique et politique des appartenances culturelles au Laos
title_full Questionner la question ethnique : lecture historique et politique des appartenances culturelles au Laos
title_fullStr Questionner la question ethnique : lecture historique et politique des appartenances culturelles au Laos
title_full_unstemmed Questionner la question ethnique : lecture historique et politique des appartenances culturelles au Laos
title_sort questionner la question ethnique : lecture historique et politique des appartenances culturelles au laos
publisher Université de Provence
series Moussons
issn 1620-3224
2262-8363
publishDate 2015-09-01
description The 6 million people forming the Laotian population are officially divided into 49 ethnic groups. How can we explain this huge diversity of people ? How do they live together ? How does the State manage this diversity ? Based on the existing literature and on personal field research, I am presenting in this paper a general and synthetic perspective of the ethnic question in Laos. In doing so, I defend the idea that ethnicity should be conceived not as a given, but as a product resulting from a particular process that I will clarify here. This analysis will allow me to propose a socio-political perspective on ethnic and cultural issues.
topic ethnicity
ethnic
Laos
Southeast Asia
history
politic
url http://journals.openedition.org/moussons/3195
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