ISBN:
9780203095041
,
9781136210945
,
9781136210983
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (158 pages)
Series Statement:
Critical Asian scholarship 8
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.5633
Keywords:
Peasants Political activity
;
Social movements
;
Social stratification
;
Agriculture and state
Abstract:
1. Introduction -- 2. The "way" of peasant politics : agrarian revolt and the little tradition : the religious dimension -- 3. Themes of peasant politics : localism, syncretism, profanation : agrarian revolt and the little tradition : the political dimension -- 4. Modes of dissimulation -- 5. Dissimulation in practice : resistance to the tithe in France and Malaysia : below the radar -- 6. The state's grip on the vernacular world -- 7. The production of legal identities proper to states : the case of the permanent family surname.
DOI:
10.4324/9780203095041
