LEADER 04167nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910457685303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-36597-9 010 $a9786613365972 010 $a90-04-21269-8 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004212695 035 $a(CKB)2550000000073738 035 $a(EBL)1010594 035 $a(OCoLC)774667316 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000554491 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11330155 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554491 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10513170 035 $a(PQKB)11491559 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1010594 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004212695 035 $a(PPN)174589379$9sudoc 035 $a(PPN)170439550 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1010594 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518820 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL336597 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000073738 100 $a20110728d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChina's 'Tibetan' frontiers$b[electronic resource] $esharing the contested ground /$fby Beth Meriam 210 $aBoston $cBrill$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 225 1 $aInner Asia book series ;$vv. 6 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-906876-30-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction: Opening Vistas, Bordering Spaces -- I. Reclassified Societies -- II. Stressing Development -- III. Cultivating Nationalities -- IV. Civilizing Culture -- V. Empowering Locales -- VI. Other Modernities -- VII. Revisualizing Nationalities -- Conclusion: Common Ground -- Appendix One: Chronology of China?s Reform Era -- Appendix Two: Glossary of Principal Political Terms -- References -- Index. 330 $aThis pioneering ethnographic analysis provides a far-reaching account of the changing social, political and organizational topography of western China. The seismic changes wrought across this region in recent history are seen through the lens of Trinde, a remote ?autonomous? county on the Tibetan plateau. Drawing on over two years of detailed empirical research in a region never previously investigated by foreign researchers, Beth Meriam traces and interlinks the human, national and global dimensions of continuity and change. Her work provides important new insights into how the challenges and opportunities of China?s reform era are producing innovative social and political responses from the people in this area. This sensitive, controversial work provides a rare and intimate account of a highly diverse range of people, and highlights their central role in shaping this dynamic, changing society. Set in a region that is never long out of the headlines, the ethnography vividly illustrates how policy fluctuations across this region involve difficult, and often painful, dilemmas for local people. Synthesizing anthropological insight with Tibetological rigour, the study shows how policies and social categories are anything but self-evident or monolithic: instead, local people are actively engaged in creating, reinterpreting and modifying official policies in practice. The book will be of interest to a wide audience, including students and scholars of Chinese nationality studies and Tibetology, as well as those with an interest in social and political anthropology or who are looking for a penetrating and integrated analysis of this hotly-debated and often misunderstood region. 410 0$aInner Asia book series ;$vno. 6. 606 $aEthnology$zChina$zYushu Zangzu Zizhizhou 607 $aYushu Zangzu Zizhizhou (China)$xSocial conditions 607 $aYushu Zangzu Zizhizhou (China)$xEthnic relations 607 $aYushu Zangzu Zizhizhou (China)$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEthnology 676 $a306.0951 700 $aMeriam$b Beth$0939775 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457685303321 996 $aChina's 'Tibetan' frontiers$92118822 997 $aUNINA