Ethnic distinctions, local meanings [electronic resource] : negotiating cultural identities in China / Mary Rack.
2005
DS731.M5 R3 2005eb
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Title
Ethnic distinctions, local meanings [electronic resource] : negotiating cultural identities in China / Mary Rack.
Author
Rack, Mary.
ISBN
0745319394 (cloth)
0745319386 (pbk.)
9780745319391
9781849644969 (e-book)
0745319386 (pbk.)
9780745319391
9781849644969 (e-book)
Publication Details
London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2005.
Language
English
Description
vi, 166 p.
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DS731.M5 R3 2005eb
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-156) and index.
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Anthropology, culture, and society.
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Table of Contents
Where are the Miao?
Miao rebels and 'common ground'
Multiple meanings of the Miao
The rituals of New Year
Authority and the local
Conflict at the Temple of the Celestial Kings
Conclusions.
Miao rebels and 'common ground'
Multiple meanings of the Miao
The rituals of New Year
Authority and the local
Conflict at the Temple of the Celestial Kings
Conclusions.