Chieftains into Ancestors

Chieftains into Ancestors
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780774823708
ISBN-13 : 0774823704
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Book Synopsis Chieftains into Ancestors by : David Faure

Download or read book Chieftains into Ancestors written by David Faure and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While 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.


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