State and Ethnicity in China's Southwest

358 Pages·2008·1.507 MB·English

by  Xiaolin Guo

State and Ethnicity in China’s Southwest
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China Studies
Published for the Institute for Chinese Studies
University of Oxford
Editors
Glen Dudbridge
Frank Pieke
VOLUME 15
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State and Ethnicity in China’s
Southwest
By
Xiaolin Guo
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2008
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On the cover. Lugu Lake, photograph by Xiaolin Guo.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Guo, Xiaolin.
State and ethnicity in China’s Southwest / by Xiaolin Guo.
p. cm. — (China studies ; 15)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-16775-9 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Ethnicity—China—Yunnan
Sheng. 2. Matrilineal kinship—China—Yunnan Sheng. 3. Patrilineal kinship—
China—Yunnan Sheng. 4. Human ecology—China—Yunnan Sheng. 5. Politics and
culture—China—Yunnan Sheng. 6. Yunnan Sheng (China)—Ethnic relations.
7. Yunnan Sheng (China)—Politics and government. 8. Yunnan Sheng (China)—
Environmental conditions. I. Title. II. Series.
GN635.C5G86 2008
305.800951’35—dc22
ISSN 1570-1344
ISBN 978 90 04 16775 9
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations, Figures and Maps ...................................... ix
Introduction ................................................................................ 1
Chapter One The Southwest Frontier .................................... 19
1.1 Imperial Rule ..................................................................... 20
1.2 Republican Nation Building .............................................. 31
1.3 Socialist Transformation .................................................... 41
Chapter Two Of Difference and Change ............................... 63
2.1 Varieties of Cultural Experience ....................................... 64
2.2 Kinship and Economy ....................................................... 81
2.3 Administered Development ............................................... 93
Chapter Three The Land of Women ..................................... 109
3.1 The People in Question .................................................... 110
3.2 Matrilineal Descent ............................................................ 123
3.3 Mosuo Livelihood .............................................................. 141
Chapter Four The Three-River Basin .................................... 161
4.1 Old Garrison Settlement ................................................... 162
4.2 Patrilineal Kinship ............................................................. 180
4.3 Rice Economy .................................................................... 197
Chapter Five Ethnicity and Government ............................... 215
5.1 Local Domination .............................................................. 216
5.2 State in Society .................................................................. 230
5.3 Preferential Policy at Work ................................................ 244
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Chapter Six Between the Interior and Frontier ...................... 265
6.1 Evolution of the Local State ............................................. 266
6.2 Rural Administration ......................................................... 279
6.3 Economic Imperative ......................................................... 296
Conclusion .................................................................................. 311
Bibliography ................................................................................ 321
Index ........................................................................................... 335
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, FIGURES AND MAPS
Illustrations
On the cover: Lugu Lake (book cover in color)
Plate 1: Mosuo residence (Chapter Three, p. 126)
Plate 2: Kaiji River (Chapter Three, p. 143)
Plate 3: Grazing cattle (Chapter Three, p. 148)
Plate 4: The Three-River basin (Chapter 4, p. 163)
Plate 5: Watchtower in Wengpeng village (Chapter 4, p. 167)
Plate 6: Cuihu village (Chapter 4, p. 169)
Plate 7: Han residence (Chapter 4, p. 186)
Maps
1. Yunnan Province, (p. 16)
2. Ninglang County, (p. 17)
3. Yongsheng County, (p. 18)
Figures
1. Basic Information of the Sites under Study (1992), (p. 11)
2. Yunnan Provincial Population by Nationality, (p. 50)
3. Divisions of the Solar Year in the Traditional Chinese Calendar,
(p. 198)
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