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State and ethnicity in China's Southwest [electronic resource] / by Xiaolin Guo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guo, Xiaolin.
- Series:
- China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 15.
- China studies, 1570-1344 ; v. 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity--China--Yunnan Sheng.
- Ethnicity.
- Matrilineal kinship--China--Yunnan Sheng.
- Matrilineal kinship.
- Patrilineal kinship--China--Yunnan Sheng.
- Patrilineal kinship.
- Human ecology--China--Yunnan Sheng.
- Human ecology.
- Politics and culture--China--Yunnan Sheng.
- Politics and culture.
- Yunnan Sheng (China)--Ethnic relations.
- Yunnan Sheng (China).
- Yunnan Sheng (China)--Politics and government.
- Yunnan Sheng (China)--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (357 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Twentieth century China has seen local societies undergo unprecedented transformations accompanied by a remarkable continuity in state practice. In this path-breaking study of two ethnically different communities, the matrilineal Mosuo and the patrilineal Han, in northwest Yunnan province, the author traces cultural change from a historical perspective in relation to the ecological environment and political systems. The treatment of state penetration into local society challenges the conventional binary narratives of state-society and Han/non-Han relations. With its interdisciplinary approach, the book enriches the anthropology of China by framing ethnicity issues in terms of local politics and inter-relationships between levels of government, and at the same time extends the analytical perimeter of the study of the Chinese state to the national periphery.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Materials / X. Guo
- Introduction / X. Guo
- Chapter One. The Southwestern Frontier / X. Guo
- Chapter Two. Of Difference And Change / X. Guo
- Chapter Three. The Land Of Women / X. Guo
- Chapter Four. The Three-River Basin / X. Guo
- Chapter Five. Ethnicity And Government / X. Guo
- Chapter Six. Between The Interior And Frontier / X. Guo
- Conclusion / X. Guo
- Bibliography / X. Guo
- Index / X. Guo.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-334) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-06101-5
- 9786613061010
- 90-474-3362-9
- OCLC:
- 711004458
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004167759.i-347 DOI
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