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May Mayko Ebihara

Born

in Portland, Oregon, The United States

May 12, 1934

Died

April 23, 2005

Genre

Anthropology, South East Asian Studies

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May Mayko Ebihara was born in Portland, Oregon. As a child during World War II, she and her family were sent with other Japanese Americans to an internment camp in Idaho. She received her bachelor’s degree from Reed College in1955 and her PhD in 1968 from Columbia University, where she studied with Conrad Arensberg, Margaret Mead, and Morton Fried. She taught at Bard College from 1961 to 1964, then briefly at Mt. Holyoke, and then for many years at Lehman College. In 1959–60, she was the first American anthropologist to conduct ethnographic research in Cambodia. Due to the deteriorating political situation and the expanding and ultimately lengthy conflict throughout Indo-China, she would be the last to do so for nearly three decades. Her tw ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 3 ratings · 1 review · 2 distinct works

	Cambodian Culture since 1975: Homeland and Exile by May Mayko Ebihara (Editor), Carol A. Mortland (Editor), Judy Ledgerwood (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Svay: A Khmer Village in Cambodia by May Mayko Ebihara, Andrew C. Mertha (Editor), Judy Ledgerwood (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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