Ethnic distinctions, local meanings negotiating cultural identities in China /
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 exis...
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| Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. :
Pluto Press,
2005.
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| Serie: | Anthropology, culture, and society.
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Sommario:
- 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.