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...
| Бусад зохиолчид: | , |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
| Хэл сонгох: | англи хятад |
| Хэвлэсэн: |
Vancouver :
UBC Press,
2013.
|
| Цуврал: | Contemporary Chinese studies.
|
| Онлайн хандалт: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=510493 |
| Тойм: | 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. |
|---|---|
| Биет тодорхойлолт: | 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Номзүй: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774823708 0774823704 0774823682 9780774823685 9780774823715 0774823712 |
| ISSN: | 1925-0177 |