Title Lijiang stories : shamans, taxi drivers, and runaway brides in reform-era China / Emily Chao

Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 248 p.) Series Studies on ethnic groups in China A China Program book Studies on ethnic groups in China. China Program book. Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233) and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Naxi (Chinese people) -- China -- Lijiang Shi -- Government relations Naxi (Chinese people) -- China -- Lijiang Shi -- Economic conditions Naxi (Chinese people) -- China -- Lijiang Shi -- Social life and customs 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 SUBJECT Lijiang Shi (China) -- Ethnic relations Lijiang Shi (China) -- Social conditions Subject China -- Lijiang Shi Form Electronic book LC no. 2021694447 ISBN 9780295804385 0295804386

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