Chieftains into ancestors : imperial expansion and Indigenous society in Southwest China /
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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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Chinese |
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UBC Press,
2013
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| Series: | Contemporary Chinese studies.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774823708 0774823704 0774823682 9780774823685 |
| ISSN: | 1925-0177 |
| Language: | English. |
