The Lahu minority in Southwest China : a response to ethnic marginalization on the frontier / / Jianxiong Ma

• Autore: Ma Jianxiong
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.895/4
• Soggetto topico: Lahu (Asian people) - China, Southwest; Ethnology - China, Southwest; Minorities - Government policy - China, Southwest
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Technical notes; 1 Introduction; 2 The escape of E Sha Buddha: ethnicity and political movements in the Black River valley; 3 Death threat and self-negation: tension and pressure in the spiritual world; 4 Marriage and land property: bilateral, non-lineal kinship and communal authority; 5 'To become wives of the Han': conflicts, marriage squeeze and the resettlement of women; 6 Poverty reduction and education; 7 Suicide as a cultural response and an indicator of the change in social relationships ; 8 Concluding remarksAppendix 1: the chronicle of Ban village in the Black River valley; Appendix 2: the changes in the population and the cropland of Ban village; Appendix 3: the basic data of the Black River Township; Chinese glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book, based on extensive original research including long-term anthropological research among the Lahu, provides an overview of the traditional way of life of the Lahu, their social system, culture and beliefs, and discusses the ways in which these are changing. It shows how the Lahu are especially vulnerable because of their lack of political representatives and a state educated elite which can engage with, and be part of, the government administrative system. The Lahu are one of many relatively small ethnic minorities in China--overall the book provides an example of how the Chinese government approaches these relatively small ethnic minorities."--Publisher's description.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Lahu minority in Southwest China
• ISBN: 1-136-29601-8; 0-203-11564-3; 1-136-29602-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786392803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge contemporary China series ; ; 85.