Ethnic distinctions, local meanings [electronic resource] : negotiating cultural identities in China / Mary Rack.

Ethnic distinctions, local meanings [electronic resource] : negotiating cultural identities in China / Mary Rack.

0745319394 (cloth)
0745319386 (pbk.)
9780745319391
9781849644969 (e-book)

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2005.

English

vi, 166 p.

DS731.M5 R3 2005eb

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-156) and index.

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Anthropology, culture, and society.

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