The Trading Culture of Jade Stones Among the Yunnanese in Burma and Thailand, 1962–88

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6153674
AutoresWen-Chin Chang (0000-0003-2117-6219, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen2
Número2
Páginas269-293
Fecha de publicación2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Chinese Overseas (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1793-0391 • E-ISSN: 1793-2548
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/179325406788639589
OpenAlexW3083479951
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

This article aims to illustrate the trading culture of jade stones by examining the social life of the traded stones in their transnational movement from Burma to Thailand during the period of the Burmese socialist regime. Drawing on the work of the well-known anthropologist, Appadurai, I adopt a perspective emphasizing processes to look into the complex intersection of economic, political, and cultural factors relating to repeated transactions. These factors include the politics of organization, the politics of knowledge, personal guts, and the uncontrollable factor of luck. The research shows that market laws entwined with intricate socio-political forces of the region were the driving force in the exercise of the trade beyond national boundaries

Ancient history · Archaeology · Asian studies · China · Geography · History of China · JADE (particle detector · Traditional medicine · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Health, Medicine and Society · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · History · Medicine