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Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China

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Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804071Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in the 1980s and 1990s in southern Sichuan, this pathbreaking study examines the nature of ethnic consciousness and ethnic relations among local communities, focusing on the Nuosu (classified as Yi by the Chinese...

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Main Author: Harrell, Stevan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: S.l. : University of Washington Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Acculturation > China > Sichuan Sheng.
Ethnic groups > Government policy > China > Sichuan Sheng.
Ethnic groups > China > Sichuan Sheng.
Ethnicity > Government policy > China > Sichuan Sheng.
Ethnicity > China > Sichuan Sheng.
Anthropology.
Asian Studies / China.
Éducation au développement > Chine > Sichuan.
Groupes ethniques > Politique gouvernementale > Chine > Sichuan.
Groupes ethniques > Chine > Sichuan.
Ethnicité > Politique gouvernementale > Chine > Sichuan.
Ethnicité > Chine > Sichuan.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1. The Political, Natural, And Historical Setting
  • Part 2. Primordial Ethnicity: The Nuosu
  • Part 3. Historically Contingent Ethnicity: The Prmi And Naze
  • Part 4. Residual And Instrumental Ethnicity
  • Part 5 Default Ethnicity: The Han
  • Comparing Ways of Being Ethnic
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index