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London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2005

1 online resource (vi, 166 p.)

ISBN 9781849644969 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 0745319386 (pbk.)

ISBN 0745319394 (cloth)

ISBN 9780745319391

Anthropology, culture, and society

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-156) and index

Where are the Miao? -- Miao rebels and ’common ground’ -- Multiple meanings of the Miao -- The rituals of New Year -- Authority and the local -- Conflict at the Temple of the Celestial Kings -- Conclusions.

Focusing on a rural area of south China, Rack shows how so-called ethnic minority cultural events have become occasions for the exploration of personal identity by urban elites. She suggests that, historically, ethnic classifications were drawn up as a result of elite concern to demonstrate the existence of a contrasting homogeneous and superior civilization..

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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