Song and Silence : : Ethnic Revival on China's Southwest Borders /

Song and Silence : : Ethnic Revival on China's Southwest Borders / / Sara Davis.

In the sunny, subtropical Sipsongpanna region, Tai Lues perform flirtatious, exoticized dances for an increasingly growing tourist trade. Endorsed by Chinese officials, who view the Tai Lues as a "model minority," these staged performances are part of a carefully sanctioned ethnic policy....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Davis, Sara,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 18 photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps and Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Writing on the Wall
  • 1. Front Stage
  • 2. Song and Silence
  • 3. The Oral Poet Laureate
  • 4. The Monks
  • Conclusion: Buddhas on the Borders
  • Notes
  • Suggested Readings
  • Index

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