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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Main Author: Rack, Mary
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2005.
Series:Anthropology, culture, and society.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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505 0 |a 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. 
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