Ref ID:	25650
Ref Type:	Book Section in a Series
Authors:	Culas, Christian Engelmann, Francis
Title:	Le nouveau marché hmong de Luang Prabang: étude de l'initiative économique locale et des réseaux des montagnards au Laos
Date:	2008
Source:	Recherches nouvelles sur le Laos
Place of Publication:	Paris
Publisher:	École française d'Extrême-Orient
Edition:	18
Language:	French
Notes:	Alternate title: New research on Laos
Abstract:	What are the social, ethic and economic components of the new Hmong market which appeared spontaneaously in Luang Prabang in the 1990s? How does a mainly farming rural community gradually shift to producing and selling handicrafts to tourists in an urban environment? How were networks for supplying raw materials and finished products set up? Which economic and social consequences follow these new activities? These are the main issues addressed in this paper, which also enriches the description of South East Asia's ethnic groups through overcoming the conventional images of slash and burn farmers and of 'semi-shifting' communities. Analysing the situation of the Luang Prabang ethnic market provides an opportunity to demonstrate how rural farming communities have organised an independent cottage industry that produces and directly sells handicrafts.
Date Created:	9/29/2008
Editors:	Goudineau, Yves Lorrillard, Michel
Volume:	18
Page Start:	403
Page End:	429
Series Title:	Études thématiques