Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China PDF
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studies on ethnic groups in china Stevan Harrell, Editor Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies studies on ethnic groups in china Cultural Encounters on China’s Ethnic Frontiers Edited by Stevan Harrell Guest People: Hakka Identity in China and Abroad Edited by Nicole Constable Familiar Strangers: A History of Muslims in Northwest China Jonathan N. Lipman Lessons in Being Chinese: Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China Mette Halskov Hansen Manchus and Han: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in Late Qing and Early Republican China, 1861–1928 Edward J. M. Rhoads Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China Stevan Harrell Ways of Being E T H N I C in Southwest China stevan harrell university of washington press Seattle and London Copyright © 2001 by the University ofWashington Press Printed in the United States All rights reserved. No portion ofthis publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Harrell, Stevan. Ways ofbeing ethnic in Southwest China / Stevan Harrell. p. cm. — (Studies on ethnic groups in China) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn0-295-98122-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn0-295-98123-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ethnicity—China—Sichuan Sheng. 2. Ethnic groups—Government policy—China—Sichuan Sheng. 3. Acculturation—China—SichuanSheng. 4. Sichuan Sheng (China)—Ethnic relations. 5. Sichuan Sheng (China)—Social policy. 6. Sichuan Sheng (China)—Social conditions. i. Title. ii. Series. gn635.c6 h37 2001 305.8'00951'38—dc21 00-068319 The paper used in this publication is acid-free and recycled from 10 percent post-consumer and at least 50 percent pre-consumer waste. It meets the minimum requirements ofAmerican National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence ofPaper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. 8A To Deng Yaozong, who never let me give up ’ò…Jÿ ZPZbqF˘ contents List of Maps ix Acknowledgments x part 1. the political, natural, and historical setting 1 / Some Ethnic Displays 5 2 / Foundations of Ethnic Identity 16 3 / Ethnology, Linguistics, and Politics 33 4 / The Land and Its History 57 part 2. primordial ethnicity: the nuosu 5 / Nuosu History and Culture 81 6 / Mishi: A Demographically and Culturally Nuosu Community 104 7 / Baiwu: Nuosu in an Ethnic Mix 129 8 / Manshuiwan: Nuosu Ethnicity in a Culturally Han Area 153 9 / Nuosu, Yi, China, and the World 171 vii contents part 3. historically contingent ethnicity: the prmi and naze 10 / The Contingent Ethnicity of the Prmi 193 11 / The Contested Identity of the Naze 216 12 / Representing the Naze 239 part 4. residual and instrumental ethnicity 13 / Ethnicity and Acculturation: Some Little Groups 263 part 5. default ethnicity: the han 14 / The Majority as Minority 295 conclusion Comparing Ways of Being Ethnic 313 Glossary 331 Bibliography 341 Index 365 viii maps 1 / Liangshan and environs 58 2 / Liangshan in relief 60 3 / Percentage of Nuosu population by county 65 4 / Field sites 83 5 / Yanyuan and surrounding areas 196 ix
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