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Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China (Hardcover)
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Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China (Hardcover)
Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
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Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804071 Drawing on extensive
fieldwork conducted in the 1980s and 1990s in southern Sichuan,
this pathbreaking study examines the nature of ethnic consciousness
and ethnic relations among local communities, focusing on the Nuosu
(classified as Yi by the Chinese government), Prmi, Naze, and Han.
It argues that even within the same regional social system, ethnic
identity is formulated, perceived, and promoted differently by
different communities at different times. Ways of Being Ethnic in
Southwest China exemplifies a model in which ethnic consciousness
and ethnic relations consist of drawing boundaries between one's
own group and others, crossing those boundaries, and promoting
internal unity within a group. Leaders and members of ethnic groups
use commonalties and differences in history, culture, and kinship
to promote internal unity and to strengthen or cross external
boundaries. Superimposed on the structure of competing and
cooperating local groups is a state system of ethnic classification
and administration; members and leaders of local groups incorporate
this system into their own ethnic consciousness, co-opting or
resisting it situationally. The heart of the book consists of
detailed case studies of three Nuosu village communities, along
with studies of Prmi and Naze communities, smaller groups such as
the Yala and Nasu, and Han Chinese who live in minority areas.
These are followed by a synthesis that compares different
configurations of ethnic identity in different communities and
discusses the implications of these examples for our understanding
of ethnicity and for the near future of China. This lively
description and analysis of the region's complex ethnic identities
and relationships constitutes an original and important
contribution to the study of ethnic identity. Ways of Being Ethnic
in Southwest China will be of interest to social scientists
concerned with issues of ethnicity and state-building.
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