Intimate exclusion : race and caste turned inside out / Martin Schoenhals.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoenhals, Martin, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nu (Chinese people)--Social life and customs.

Nu (Chinese people).

Yi (Chinese people)--Social life and customs.

Yi (Chinese people).

Civilization.

Manners and customs.

China, Southwest--Civilization.

China, Southwest.

Southwest China.

Physical Description:

xii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Race and caste turned inside out

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, Inc., 2003.

Summary:

Intimate Exclusion presents a novel and fascinating cultural case study that reconsiders perceptions of race and caste, ethnicity, and nationalism. It richly documents the society of the Nuosu, subsistence agriculturalists living in the high mountains of southwest China, and compares Nuosu society to race and caste in the U.S., India, and apartheid South Africa, resulting in a new perspective on the nature and causes of race and racism.

Contents:

Introduction

Education and ethnic identity among the Nuosu

Caste and race in the U.S., India, South Africa and Liangshan

Contemporary Nuosu caste

Change in Nuosu caste and society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-265) and index.

ISBN:

076182698X

0761826971

OCLC:

54663840