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The Changing Historiographies of Laos: A Focus on the Early Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2004

Vatthana Pholsena
Vatthana Pholsena
Affiliation:
The Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The narrative of the origins of the Lao people in contemporary Lao-language history books and textbooks is divided among divergent interpretations. The most popular reading is the ‘Ai-Lao’ version, an implicit response to Thai nationalist historiography. Marxist-Leninist-orientated historiography, by contrast, resembles the Vietnamese Communist narrative. As far as likely future trends are concerned, a journey back to the ‘roots’ seems ultimately to reveal the biography of a pre-modern spatial identity.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 235 - 259
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© 2004 The National University of Singapore

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