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David Faure (Ed.) - Chieftains into Ancestors: Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China - 9780774823685 - V9780774823685
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Chieftains into Ancestors: Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China

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Description for Chieftains into Ancestors: Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China Hardback. Editor(s): Faure, David; Ts'Ui-P'Ing, Ho. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black and white maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.

Chinese history has always been written from a centrist viewpoint, largely ignoring the local histories that were preserved for generations in the form of oral tradition through myths, legends, and religious ritual.

Chieftains into Ancestors describes the intersection of imperial administration and chieftain-dominated local culture. Observing local rituals against the backdrop of extant written records, it focuses on examples from the southwestern Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, and southwestern Guangdong provinces. The authors contemplate the crucial question of how one can begin to write the history of a conquered people whose past has been largely wiped out. Combining anthropological fieldwork with historical textual ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Chinese Studies
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774823685
SKU
V9780774823685
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Ref
99-1

About David Faure (Ed.)
David Faure is Wei Lun Professor of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His books include Emperor and Ancestor: State and Lineage in South China. Ho Ts'ui-p'ing is an associate research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica and an adjunct associate professor in the Institute of Anthropology at National Tsing Hua University. She is the co-editor of State, ... Read more

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