Ethnic distinctions, local meanings [[electronic resource] ] : negotiating cultural identities in China / / Mary Rack

• Autore: Rack Mary
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 166 p
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - China; Hmong (Asian people); Culture; Social classes - China; Ethnicity
• Soggetto geografico: China Social life and customs
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-156) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 existence of a contrasting homogeneous and superior civilization.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnic distinctions, local meanings
• ISBN: 1-84964-496-9; 1-281-72523-4; 9786611725235; 1-4356-6066-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782017203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anthropology, culture, and society.