Ethnic distinctions, local meanings : negotiating cultural identities in China / / Mary Rack.
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 exis...
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Superior document: | Anthropology, culture, and society |
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Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Anthropology, culture, and society.
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Physical Description: | vi, 166 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.