Full Description
May Mayko Ebihara (1934-2005) was the first American anthropologist to conduct ethnographic research in Cambodia. Svay provides a remarkably detailed picture of individual villagers and of Khmer social structure and kinship, agriculture, politics, and religion. The world Ebihara described would soon be shattered by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. Fifty percent of the villagers perished in the reign of terror, including those who had been Ebihara's adoptive parents and grandparents during her fieldwork. Never before published as a book, Ebihara's dissertation served as the foundation for much of our subsequent understanding of Cambodian history, society, and politics.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface, by Andrew C. Mertha
Introduction, by Judy Ledgerwood
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Cambodia as a Whole
3. Village Svay
4. Economic Organization
5. Religion
6. The Life Cycle
7. Political Organization
8. Relations of the Village with the Surrounding World
9. Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I
References
Memories of the Pol Pot Era in a Cambodian Village
Index
