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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其他作者: Faure, David, Ts'ui-p'ing, Ho
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
中文
出版: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013.
丛编:Contemporary Chinese studies.
在线阅读:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=510493
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总结: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.
实物描述:1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps
参考书目:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780774823708
0774823704
0774823682
9780774823685
9780774823715
0774823712
ISSN:1925-0177