Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China

Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in the 1980s and 1990s in southern Sichuan, this pathbreaking study examines the nature of ethnic consciousness and ethnic relations among local communities, focusing on the Nuosu (classified as Yi by the Chinese government), Prmi, Naze, and Han. It argues th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harrell, Stevan (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Vancouver : University of Washington Press 2014.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434188706719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1. The Political, Naturalm and Historical Setting
  • 1. Some Ethnic Displays
  • 2. Foundations of Ethnic Identity
  • 3. Ethnology, Linguistics, and Politics
  • 4. The Land and its History
  • Part 2. Primordial Ethnicity: The Nuosu
  • 5. Nuosu History and Culture
  • 6. Mishi: A Demographically and Culturally Nuosu Community
  • 7. Baiwu: Nuosu in an Ethnic Mix
  • 8. Manshuiwan: Nuosu Ethnicity in a Culturally Han Area
  • 9. Nuosum Yi, China, and the World
  • Part 3. Historically Contingent Ethnicity: The Prmi and Naze
  • 10. The Contingent Ethnicity of the Prmi
  • 11. The Contested Identity of the Naze
  • 12. Representing the Naze
  • Part 4. Residual and Instrumental Ethnicity
  • 13. Ethnicity and Acculturation: Some Little Groups
  • Part 5. Default Ethnicity: The Han
  • 14. The Majority as Minority
  • Conclusion: Comparing Ways of Being Ethnic
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.