Full Description
This volume presents nine articles about the development, migration, culture and identify of the ethnic minorities in socialist China. The articles in this volume, which originally appeared in Open Times ( ), broadly reflect the concerns, interests and perspectives of the Chinese scholars involved in the study of China's ethnic minorities.
Contents
List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Ethnic Minorities in Socialist China: Development, Migration, Culture, and IdentityXiaorong Han1 How Has Wheat Gotten on the Dining Tables of the Tibetans? The Modernization of Tibet and the Evolution of the Tibetan Food CultureQiang Ge (??)2 A Contemporary Expression of Progress and Development: Grassland Ecology and Social Development in Alxa, Inner MongoliaMa Guoqing (???) and Zhang Liang (??)3 The Rubber Cultivation of the Akha People as a Cultural PracticeOuyang Jie (???)4 Taking Root Far from Home: Land Transactions and Home-Building among the Miao Contract Farmers of YangjiangWen Shixian (???)5 Evolving Traditions: Reconstruction by the Yi People of Their Lineage System in the Pearl River Delta RegionLiu Dongxu (???)6 Demonstration and Significance of Villagism: A Case Study of the Hani PeopleMa Chongwei (???)7 Inventing a Tradition: A Study on the Water Splashing Festival and Related Discourses on the New Year of the Dai PeopleChu Jianfang (???)8 Inventing a Shared Destiny: A Case Study of the Consultative Forum on the Ethnonym of the Bai PeopleLiang Yongjia (???)9 Searching for a Home: A Tibetan Girl's Media JourneyZheng Xin (??) and Tsering Choezom (????)Index
