Chieftains into ancestors : imperial expansion and indigenous society in Southwest China /

Chieftains into ancestors : imperial expansion and indigenous society in Southwest China /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English Chinese
Series:	Contemporary Chinese studies, 1925-0177 Contemporary Chinese studies.
Subject:	Ethnology -- China, Southwest. Minorities -- China, Southwest -- Government relations. Minorities -- China, Southwest -- Ethnic identity. Ancestor worship -- China, Southwest. Ancestor worship. Ethnology. Minorities -- Ethnic identity. China, Southwest -- History. Southeast China. Southwest China. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13541074

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Other authors / contributors:	Faure, David. Ts'ui-p'ing, Ho.
ISBN:	9780774823708 0774823704 9780774823708 0774823682 9780774823685 9780774823685 9780774823715 0774823712
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Chieftains into ancestors. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2013] 9780774823685
Standard no.:	99954693497

Description
Summary:	An in-depth examination of how the Chinese imperial state impacted the social order of southwestern China's minority peoples and redefined their histories and culture.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780774823708 0774823704 0774823682 9780774823685 9780774823715 0774823712
ISSN:	1925-0177