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