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