Dual ethnic identity of the Koho in Lam Dong Province

Phan Ngoc Chien () and Pham Thanh Thoi
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Phan Ngoc Chien: Hung Vuong University, Vietnam
Pham Thanh Thoi: University of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2014, vol. 4, issue 1, 3-10

Abstract: In the ethnographic discipline in Vietnam, the perspective that views cultural characteristics as having an ethnic identity defining quality is apparently a popular view. In the ethnographic discipline in Vietnam, the perspective that views cultural characteristics as having an ethnic identity defining quality is apparently a popular view. Over time, under particular circumstances, a number of members in an ethnic community may adopt an ethnic label imposed upon them by outsiders. And it is from this social phenomenon that an ethnic community can develop a second identity in addition to their local ethnic identity. The State, through ethnographers, is often an agent that initiates this second nationally used identity for local people, and the mass media, school textbooks, as well as tourist companies play a very important role in disseminating this second ethnic identity. We believe that the Chil in Lam Dong Province are a case in point.

Keywords: the Koho; ethnic identity; ethnic boundary; social constructivist; essentialist (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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