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Ethnic Distinctions, Local Meanings : Negotiating Cultural Identities in China.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology, Culture and Society SeriesPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (177 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849644969
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ethnic Distinctions, Local MeaningsDDC classification:
  • 305.800951
LOC classification:
  • DS731.M5 -- R3 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: A study of ethnicity and ethnic classifications in a rural area of south China, overturning many of the generalising tendencies characteristic of 'orthodox' anthropology.
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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.

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