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

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Main Authors: Chao, Emily (Author)
Published: University of Washington Press,
Publisher Address: Seattle :
Publication Dates: [2012]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Studies on ethnic groups in China
China Program book
Subjects:
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
Lijiang Shi China > Ethnic relations
Lijiang Shi China > Social conditions
Carrier Form: xiii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233) and index.
ISBN: 9780295992235 (paperback : alkaline paper) :
0295992239 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780295992228 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0295992220 (cloth : alkaline paper)
Index Number: DS731
CLC: D633.357
Call Number: D633.357/C461
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.

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