Deborah E Tooker
Biographic Data
| ID | 93202 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah E Tooker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah E |
| FAMILY NAME | Tooker |
| SIGNATURE | TOOKER D E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Le Moyne College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Rethinking Depth Metaphors with a Cosmocentric Self: The "Steep" and the "Level" in Akha Emotional Practices
This study critically engages two analytic constructs: western psychological individualism (with its assumed emotional interiority) and the notion of a generic sociocentric self. By looking at the emotional practices of the Akha of Northern Thailand in a nonmodern context, I aim to show the distinctiveness of a particular type of socio- and cosmo-centric self, that of the "microcosmic," "level" self, which is not a depth self. This analysis exami…
Space and the Production of Cultural Difference among the Akha Prior to Globalization: Channeling the Flow of Life
Modular Modern: Shifting Forms of Collective Identity among the Akha of Northern Thailand
In this article, I demonstrate that notions of collective identity among the Akha of Northern Thailand have shifted in recent history from a comprehensive, holistic form to a compartmentalized form. I contrast forms of collective (Akha) identity during the period of my initial fieldwork (1982-1985) with forms emerging post-1985 through 1998, a time period characterized by increasing nation-state and capitalist penetration. This recent shift is pl…
Putting the Mandala in its Place: A Practice-based Approach to the Spatialization of Power on the Southeast Asian 'Periphery'-The Case of the Akha
In this article, I argue that the 'mandala' and other spatialized concepts associated with the 'cosmic polity' in Southeast Asia (such as 'exemplary center' and 'sinking status', 'galactic polity', 'concentric circles', 'nested emboxment', etc.) are key concepts with a similar form that have dominated theories of premodern Southeast Asian political and social structure. I claim that previous approaches to the mandala polity have been defined from…
Identity Systems of Highland Burma: Belief', Akha Zan, and a Critique of Interiorized Notions of Ethno-Religious Identity
Identity Systems of Highland Burma: Belief', Akha Zan, and a Critique of Interiorized Notions of Ethno-Religious Identity
Putting the Mandala in its Place: A Practice-based Approach to the Spatialization of Power on the Southeast Asian 'Periphery'-The Case of the Akha
In this article, I argue that the 'mandala' and other spatialized concepts associated with the 'cosmic polity' in Southeast Asia (such as 'exemplary center' and 'sinking status', 'galactic polity', 'concentric circles', 'nested emboxment', etc.) are key concepts with a similar form that have dominated theories of premodern Southeast Asian political and social structure. I claim that previous approaches to the mandala polity have been defined from…
Space and the Production of Cultural Difference among the Akha Prior to Globalization: Channeling the Flow of Life
Rethinking Depth Metaphors with a Cosmocentric Self: The "Steep" and the "Level" in Akha Emotional Practices
This study critically engages two analytic constructs: western psychological individualism (with its assumed emotional interiority) and the notion of a generic sociocentric self. By looking at the emotional practices of the Akha of Northern Thailand in a nonmodern context, I aim to show the distinctiveness of a particular type of socio- and cosmo-centric self, that of the "microcosmic," "level" self, which is not a depth self. This analysis exami…
Modular Modern: Shifting Forms of Collective Identity among the Akha of Northern Thailand
In this article, I demonstrate that notions of collective identity among the Akha of Northern Thailand have shifted in recent history from a comprehensive, holistic form to a compartmentalized form. I contrast forms of collective (Akha) identity during the period of my initial fieldwork (1982-1985) with forms emerging post-1985 through 1998, a time period characterized by increasing nation-state and capitalist penetration. This recent shift is pl…
Identity Systems of Highland Burma: Belief', Akha Zan, and a Critique of Interiorized Notions of Ethno-Religious Identity
Putting the Mandala in its Place: A Practice-based Approach to the Spatialization of Power on the Southeast Asian 'Periphery'-The Case of the Akha
In this article, I argue that the 'mandala' and other spatialized concepts associated with the 'cosmic polity' in Southeast Asia (such as 'exemplary center' and 'sinking status', 'galactic polity', 'concentric circles', 'nested emboxment', etc.) are key concepts with a similar form that have dominated theories of premodern Southeast Asian political and social structure. I claim that previous approaches to the mandala polity have been defined from…
Modular Modern: Shifting Forms of Collective Identity among the Akha of Northern Thailand
In this article, I demonstrate that notions of collective identity among the Akha of Northern Thailand have shifted in recent history from a comprehensive, holistic form to a compartmentalized form. I contrast forms of collective (Akha) identity during the period of my initial fieldwork (1982-1985) with forms emerging post-1985 through 1998, a time period characterized by increasing nation-state and capitalist penetration. This recent shift is pl…
Space and the Production of Cultural Difference among the Akha Prior to Globalization: Channeling the Flow of Life
Rethinking Depth Metaphors with a Cosmocentric Self: The "Steep" and the "Level" in Akha Emotional Practices
This study critically engages two analytic constructs: western psychological individualism (with its assumed emotional interiority) and the notion of a generic sociocentric self. By looking at the emotional practices of the Akha of Northern Thailand in a nonmodern context, I aim to show the distinctiveness of a particular type of socio- and cosmo-centric self, that of the "microcosmic," "level" self, which is not a depth self. This analysis exami…
Sociology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 works)