Ethnic distinctions, local meanings : negotiating cultural identities in China /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rack, Mary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, 2005.
Colección:Anthropology, culture, and society.
Temas:
Ethnology > China.
Hmong (Asian people)
Culture.
Social classes > China.
Ethnicity.
Ethnologie > Chine.
Miao (Peuple d'Asie)
Classes sociales > Chine.
Ethnicité.
ethnicity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Culture
Ethnicity
Ethnology
Manners and customs
Social classes
Ethnologie
China > Social life and customs.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes.
China
Miao.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 166 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-156) and index.
ISBN:9781435660663
1435660668
9781849644969
1849644969
0745319386
9780745319384

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