Ethnic Groups and Boundaries The Social Organization of Culture Difference Bate by FREDRIK BARTH ogee Heh es2002/7406 test GN320 Bart or stron th i wt Assant rept, ii convo Copyright © 1969 by Universteatinget 1968 reeued by Waveland Press, ine ISBN ossi99-9782 {Ait vightsrsroed. No port ofthe book mey be reprodued stored in ‘rere eetenortranamitedtuany orm ory any means without ‘permission hart fom Da pusher Printed inthe United Stats of Ameren 76548 Contents Preface 1908 5 Fredrik Barth Introduction 9 Harald Bidheim When Ethnic Identity Is a Socal Stigma 39 Gunnar Haaland Economic Determinants in Ethnic Processes 58 sJan-Petter Blom Btlnic and Cultural Differentiation 74 Karl Erie Knutsson Dichotomization and Integration 85 Henning Siverts Ethnic Stability and Boundary Dynamics in ‘Southern Mexico 10 Fredrik Barth Pathan Identity and Its Maintenance 127 Karl G, sikowite Neighbours in Laos 135 Bibliogrophy 149 ‘The Symposium and Is Portisipants 155.Preface 1998 porn tethn pd rei iecntnta: thre alee avast ‘hd continuing iteraturedeng jut that ned nview often ‘ice thatthe volume al ha wil imple ow of ea {Wal idan othe eontomporay render may rad th et ome ea. My colleagues and | wre, ata al engagingn adabate with oa co temporaries af thy oar go, ot with Yu; eed seal be ‘Sears to whom he nt speak. ‘ost authoplagta a the Le though, lene imply, that the yar coud be danse analy at dacntnuose array ‘nla called weit, each wit te fterally hare clare, and that thie rad the ieuero eta. They fuer ssused thet ‘ch such ny should be nella sroctura nto par ‘igm to dpi les epsom oder and feo nepatn. ‘Gas acyunent agate! Sat sew fell important, bree ilar way of thinking are conatnly being reintroduced ine the soil [Sone teratar, daring ther fom Ube commonoence reestins ‘peopl own dacoree ad expariees rm the etoriof ene ‘tiv Ie stunt the word ethno to eo fo rope oF role who are conser tu havea hard ens, cron ie {Srp and a taicona! altar! hartge Hat ee etre may in Gemanve vie th bs hes amapsng td wndeeandng ‘tie phoneme, Thetresithrough we were setng or rng our ype in 1967 was aoe the parol posse weedy ‘hte poupe ee fond snd mads relat in seal i, To dove ‘ree long fr meting lke mashanina et or Sesion ot ‘anita, Wermere tings es aril organization a emergeat Sod contend, culture as something carscrtand by wanna and fix, and fo think of caves ofratvesaicy twas and eer ‘cial flaoae ne being at such so need of explanation ar are of henge