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Ethnic distinctions, local meanings : negotiating cultural identities in China / Mary Rack.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rack, Mary.
- Series:
- Anthropology, culture, and society.
- Anthropology, culture, and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--China.
- Ethnology.
- Hmong (Asian people).
- Culture.
- Social classes--China.
- Social classes.
- Ethnicity.
- China--Social life and customs.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 166 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-156) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611725235
- 9781849644969
- 1849644969
- 9781281725233
- 1281725234
- 9781435660663
- 1435660668
- OCLC:
- 666932630
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