TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rack,Mary
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Ethnic distinctions, local meanings: negotiating cultural identities in China 
T2  - Anthropology, culture, and society
AV  - DS731.M5 R3 2005eb
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London, Ann Arbor, Mich.
PB  - Pluto Press
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - China
KW  - Hmong (Asian people)
KW  - Culture
KW  - Social classes
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10479599
ER  -