Title: ETHNIC DISTINCTIONS, LOCAL MEANINGS: NEGOTIATING CULTURAL IDENTITIES IN CHINA
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.
Subjects: Ethnology, China, civilization, Ethnicity, Social life and customs, Hmong (Asian people), Social classes, Culture