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Chao, Emily.

Lijiang stories : shamans, taxi drivers, and runaway brides in reform-era China / Emily Chao. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 248 p.). - Studies on ethnic groups in China A China Program book . - Studies on ethnic groups in China. China Program book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233) and index.

Introduction -- The Maoist shaman and the madman -- Dongba culture and the authenticization of marginality -- Ethnicizing myth, bride abduction, and elopement -- Biopolitics: fox stench, gender boundaries, and the moral economy of postsocialism -- Marketing difference: dog meat, court cases, and ethnopreneurs -- Conclusion: Forgetting the madman and remembering the ancient Tea House Road.


English.

ISBN: 9780295804385 ebook 0295804386

Source: 22573/ctvctb421 JSTOR

LCCN: 2021694447

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Naxi (Chinese people)--Government relations.--China--Lijiang Shi
Naxi (Chinese people)--Economic conditions.--China--Lijiang Shi
Naxi (Chinese people)--Social life and customs.--China--Lijiang Shi
Post-communisim--China--Lijiang Shi.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Post-communism.
Ethnic relations
Naxi (Chinese people)--Social life and customs
Social conditions.
Moso (Peuple de Chine)--Relations avec l'État.--Chine--Lijiang (Shi)
Moso (Peuple de Chine)--Conditions économiques.--Chine--Lijiang (Shi)
Moso (Peuple de Chine)--Mœurs et coutumes.--Chine--Lijiang (Shi)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Lijiang Shi (China)--Ethnic relations.
Lijiang Shi (China)--Social conditions.
China--Lijiang Shi

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic book.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS731.N39

Dewey Class. No.: 305.895/4