Chieftains into Ancestors : Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China /

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While official Chinese history has always been written from acentrist viewpoint, Chieftains into Ancestors describes theintersection of imperial administration and chieftain-dominated localculture in the culturally diverse southwestern region of China. Contemplating the rhetorical question of how on...

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Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: Ts'ui-p'ing, Ho, Faure, David
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Chino
Publié: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Minorities > Ethnic identity.
Ethnology.
Ancestor worship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Morts > Culte > Chine (Sud-Ouest)
Ethnologie > Chine (Sud-Ouest)
Ancestor worship > China, Southwest.
Minorities > China, Southwest > Ethnic identity.
Minorities > China, Southwest > Government relations.
Ethnology > China, Southwest.
Southwest China.
Southeast China.
China, Southwest > History.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:While official Chinese history has always been written from acentrist viewpoint, Chieftains into Ancestors describes theintersection of imperial administration and chieftain-dominated localculture in the culturally diverse southwestern region of China. Contemplating the rhetorical question of how one can begin to rewritethe story of a conquered people whose past was never transcribed in thefirst place, the authors combine anthropological fieldwork withhistorical textual analysis to build a new regionalhistory one that recognizes the ethnic, religious, andgendered transformations that took place in Chinasnation-building process.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780774823708
ISSN:1925-0177

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