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Ethnic distinctions, local meanings

by Rack, Mary.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Anthropology, culture, and society Published by : Pluto Press, (London ; | Ann Arbor, Mich. :) Physical details: vi, 166 p.
Subject(s): Ethnology -- China. | Hmong (Asian people) | Culture. | Social classes -- China. | Ethnicity. | China -- Social life and customs. | Electronic books.
Year: 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-156) and index.

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.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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