List of Illustrations, Figures and Maps; Introduction; Chapter One The Southwest Frontier; 1.1 Imperial Rule; 1.2 Republican Nation Building; 1.3 Socialist Transformation; Chapter Two Of Difference and Change; 2.1 Varieties of Cultural Experience; 2.2 Kinship and Economy; 2.3 Administered Development; Chapter Three The Land of Women; 3.1 The People in Question; 3.2 Matrilineal Descent; 3.3 Mosuo Livelihood; Chapter Four The Three-River Basin; 4.1 Old Garrison Settlement; 4.2 Patrilineal Kinship; 4.3 Rice Economy; Chapter Five Ethnicity and Government; 5.1 Local Domination
Summary
Twentieth century China has seen local societies undergo unprecedented transformations accompanied by a remarkable continuity in state practice. In this path-breaking study of two ethnically different communities, the matrilineal Mosuo and the patrilineal Han, in northwest Yunnan province, the author traces cultural change from a historical perspective in relation to ecology and politics. The treatment of state penetration into local society challenges the conventional binary narrative of state-society and Han-non-Han relations. With its interdisciplinary approach, this book enriches the anthr
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-334) and index
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