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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. ... ... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Publ... ...hor. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsink... ...However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsinki 2005... ... Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY ... ...ore. In Thailand, too, villagers have wanted to be self-sufficient. In the terminology of national economy, the village has produced and consumed toge... ...d a house for his family within his in-laws’ compound. In anthropological terminology, this type of residence is uxorilocal (matrilocal). According t... ... or sisters older or younger than themselves, and in the same way, kinship terminology also discloses whether e.g. the mother's or father's brother is... ...Cultivation in Southeastern Asia. University of California publications in geography Vol. 19. Berkeley-Los Angeles (Univ. of California Press). Spir...

...ge Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decad...

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