Ethnicity and Religion in Southwest China

ISBN-13: 9780367682910 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 182 str.

Opis

Unlike many books on China’s indigenous peoples which are written by foreigners who have lived for a while in China, this book is comprised of the work of Chinese scholars, many of them members of ethnic minorities themselves, and considers the issues from a Chinese perspective.

Spis treści

Preface David C. Lewis Introduction He Ming Part 1: Ethnicity and Migration 1 Transnational Migration and Ethnic-group Identity in the Context of Globalization: Issues raised by case studies from the border regions of Southwest China He Ming 2 The Cultural Adaptation of the Wa Floating Population - A case study of Damasan village in Ximeng, Yunnan Yuan E 3 Difficulties in Development at a Nation’s Margin Ma Chongwei and Zhang Zhenwei 4 Historical Heritage and the Construction of Historical Identity of Ethnic Groups in Mountainous Regions of Yunnan - The Case of the De'ang Nationality Li Xiaobin and Yuan Lihua Part 2: Ethnicity and Marriage 5 Changing History, with the Same Root - A Case study on Marriage Customs in Nagu, a town in Yunnan Gui Rong and Zhang Xiaoyan 6 Interpretations of the Social and Cultural Meanings of Dowry among the Miao People - Based on the example of Bajiaoqing Village in Fumin County of Yunnan Province Li Xin and Yang Liyun Part 3: Christianity 7 The role of Christianity in the prohibition of opium in Yunnan in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China periods Zhu Yingzhan 8 From school to village: An Anthropological Analysis of Ethnic Minority Cultural Identity in Guangshan Ma Juli 9 Transnational Hmong Protestant Evangelism in Mainland Southeast Asia Prasit Leepreecha Part 4: Islam 10 Muslim Diversity and Localization: The Hui Ethnic Group in Yunnan Feng Yu 11 Cultural Change and Adaptation of the Hui People in the Diqingzang Region of Yunnan Li Zhinong Part 5: Other Religions 12 Functions of Magic in Contemporary Sharen Society - A Case Study on Magic among the Sharen of Babao Township Tan Xiaoxia 13 The Custom of ‘Secondary Burial’ through the interaction between Tibetan Buddhism and Confucian Culture - a Case Study of Benzilan Tibetan Village in Deqin County, Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan Province Li Zhinong and Qiao Wenhong