Chieftains into Ancestors Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China |
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Editor:
| Faure, David Ho, Ts'ui-p'ing |
Series title: | Contemporary Chinese Studies |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-22355-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press
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Imprint: | UBC Press |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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."