02129nam 2200409 450 991079638570332120230814232823.01-4985-0298-9(CKB)3790000000538989(MiAaPQ)EBC5181132(EXLCZ)99379000000053898920180113h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMystifying China's southwest ethnic borderlands harmonious heterotopia /Yuqing YangLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2018.©20181 online resource (263 pages)1-4985-0297-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. When the past is present : 1. Recapturing the past: configuring a narrative identity from folklore -- 2. Reimagining the past: creating new narratives of Baijie -- 3. Displacing the past: Baijie's modern transformation -- Part II. Leaving "the country of women" : 4. From "representational violence" to construction of a harmonious mosuo land -- 5. Unrequited love for the remote country of women -- 6. The controversial writing career of a Mosuo woman -- Part III. In search of faith : 7. The localization of Shangri-La -- 8. Lost on the way to Shambhala: "Tibet, a soul knotted on a leather thong" -- 9. Full-fledged Shambhala: The Tibet Code.This study examines the literary and cultural discourses of ethnic minority regions in Southwest China. The author uses the Confucian notion of "Harmony with difference" and Foucault's concept of "heterotopia" to investigate how these discourses have evolved since the founding of the People's Republic of China--back coverMinoritiesChinaChinaEthnic relationsMinorities951.004Yang Yuqing1511202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796385703321Mystifying China's southwest ethnic borderlands3744303UNINA