Chieftains Into Ancestors: Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China Contributor(s): Faure, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0774823682 ISBN-13: 9780774823685 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Religion - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 305.800 |
LCCN: 2013431509 |
Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies |
Physical Information: 272 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Official Chinese history has always been written from a centrist viewpoint. Chieftains into Ancestors describes the intersection of imperial administration and chieftain-dominated local culture in the culturally diverse southwestern region of China. Contemplating the rhetorical question of how one can begin to rewrite the story of a conquered people whose past was never transcribed in the first place, the authors combine anthropological fieldwork with historical textual analysis to build a new regional history - one that recognizes the ethnic, religious, and gendered transformations that took place in China's nation-building process. |