ETHNIC DISTINCTIONS, LOCAL MEANINGS: NEGOTIATING CULTURAL IDENTITIES IN CHINA.
Series: ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Publisher: PLUTO
Published: 2005
Place of publication: LONDON
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 166
Description: Focusing on a rural area of south China, Rack shows how so-called ethnic minority cultural events have become occasions for the exploration of personal identity by urban elites. She suggests that, historically, ethnic classifications were drawn up as a result of elite concern to demonstrate the existence of a contrasting homogeneous and superior civilization.