The Village and Its Discontents: Meaning and Criticism in Late Modernity by Edited by Antonio L. Rappa - 2016

World Scientific Publishing Co., 2016. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Rappa presents readers with a collection of academic essays focused on villages in Southeast Asia and across the world, examining the concept of the village as a construct for organizing society. The nine selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to village structure and social organization, life on the edge of Boko Haram, the ancient-modern village of Cambodia, Kampong Lorong Buangkok, the village as the domain in language policy, and many other related subjects. The editor is a faculty member of SIM University in Singapore. (2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)