Ethnic Distinctions, Local Meanings : Negotiating Cultural Identities in China.
Rack, Mary.
Ethnic Distinctions, Local Meanings : Negotiating Cultural Identities in China. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (177 pages) - Anthropology, Culture and Society Series . - Anthropology, Culture and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Where are the Miao? -- 2. Miao Rebels and 'Common Ground' -- 3. Multiple Meanings of the Miao -- 4. The Rituals of New Year -- 5. Authority and the Local -- 6. Conflict at the Temple of the Celestial Kings -- 7. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A study of ethnicity and ethnic classifications in a rural area of south China, overturning many of the generalising tendencies characteristic of 'orthodox' anthropology.
9781849644969
Ethnology -- China.
Hmong (Asian people).
Culture.
Social classes -- China.
Ethnicity.
China -- Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
DS731.M5 -- R3 2005eb
305.800951
Ethnic Distinctions, Local Meanings : Negotiating Cultural Identities in China. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (177 pages) - Anthropology, Culture and Society Series . - Anthropology, Culture and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Where are the Miao? -- 2. Miao Rebels and 'Common Ground' -- 3. Multiple Meanings of the Miao -- 4. The Rituals of New Year -- 5. Authority and the Local -- 6. Conflict at the Temple of the Celestial Kings -- 7. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A study of ethnicity and ethnic classifications in a rural area of south China, overturning many of the generalising tendencies characteristic of 'orthodox' anthropology.
9781849644969
Ethnology -- China.
Hmong (Asian people).
Culture.
Social classes -- China.
Ethnicity.
China -- Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
DS731.M5 -- R3 2005eb
305.800951