WAYS OF BEING ETHNIC IN SOUTHWEST CHINA.

Harrell, Stevan.

ISBN 10: 0295981229 / ISBN 13: 9780295981222

Published by University of Washington, Seattle WA 2001., 2001

About this Item

1st edition. 8vo. xii + 370pp. B/w. illustrations, maps. Original boards. Pictorial d/w. with white and faded red lettering to spine. ISBN 0295981229 US$12.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WAYS OF BEING ETHNIC IN SOUTHWEST CHINA.
• Publisher: University of Washington, Seattle WA 2001.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295981229
• ISBN 13: 9780295981222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Based on a number of years of fieldwork in the Liangshan region of China, this anthropological work attempts to demonstrate how ethnicity plays an important role in the daily lives of local communities. Taking an untraditional approach in which he visited numerous places around the region rather than intimately studying one community, Harrell (anthropology, U. of Washington) finds that, while overarching identity for the majority of people is as Chinese, ethnic identity affects everything from psychological self-understanding, loyalties to the governmental order, and distribution of resources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

Stevan Harrell is professor of anthropology at the University of Washington and curator of Asian ethnology at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Among his many publications is Mountain Patterns: Survival of Nuosu Culture in China, with Bamo Qubumo and Ma Erzi. A volume of his collected essays has been translated and published in China.