@article{478044, author = {Rack, Mary.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/478044}, title = {Ethnic distinctions, local meanings negotiating cultural identities in China / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Pluto Press,}, abstract = {Focusing on a rural area of south China, Rack shows how so-called ethnic minority cultural events have become occasions for the exploration of personal identity by urban elites. She suggests that, historically, ethnic classifications were drawn up as a result of elite concern to demonstrate the existence of a contrasting homogeneous and superior civilization.}, recid = {478044}, pages = {vi, 166 p.}, address = {London ;}, year = {2005}, }