Stories from an Ancient Land

Magnus Fiskesjö is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cornell University. He has published widely on topics such as ethnic relations, slavery and inequality, as well as heritage and museum issues, mainly in East and Southeast Asia.

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements



Introduction: Sources, History, Issues



Chapter 1. Gifts and Debts: Fieldwork in the Wa Lands

Chapter 2. Naming Oneself, Naming the World

Chapter 3. Rice Beer and the Making of Wa Sociality

Chapter 4. Mining, Hierarchy, and the Anti-State Wa

Chapter 5. Slavery as a Threat to the Ideology of Kinship

Chapter 6. War, Headhunting, and the Erasure of Wa History

Chapter 7. Barbarian Ruse: Playing With the Fears of the Civilized

Chapter 8. Disease and Death in the Peripheral Situation

Chapter 9. Hope Against Hope: Border Prophets and Foreign Saviors

Chapter 10. The Power of the Exotic: Negotiating the Future



Epilogue



References

Index