Centers, symbols, and hierarchies
Subtitle: essays on the classical states of Southeast Asia
By: edited by Lorraine Gesick ; foreword by Clifford Geertz ; [contributors] Michael Aung-Thwin ... [et al.].
Contributors: Gesick, Lorraine.; Aung-Thwin, Michael.; Joint Committee on Southeast Asia.
Series: Monograph series / Yale University Southeast Asia Studies ;; no. 26; Monograph series (Yale University. Southeast Asia Studies) ;; no. 26.
Publisher: Yale University Southeast Asia Studies
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Political anthropology -- Congresses.; Symbolism in politics -- Congresses.; Southeast Asia -- Politics and government -- Congresses.; Southeast Asia -- Kings and rulers -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Based on papers presented at workshops held Nov. 1977 and Dec. 1978, sponsored by the ACLS/SSRC Joint Committee on Southeast Asia.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Lorraine Gesick; title: Rāja and Rāma / Jan Wisseman  Christie; title: Divinity, spirit, and human / Michael Aung-Thwin; title: The rise and fall of King Taksin / Lorraine Gesick; title: Going through the motions / David P. Chandler; title: The drama of Bangun Tapa's exile in Ambon / Anthony Day; title: The place of regalia in Luwu / Shelly Errington.