Song and silence : ethnic revival on China's southwest borders

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Label

Song and silence : ethnic revival on China's southwest borders

Title remainder

ethnic revival on China's southwest borders

Statement of responsibility

Sara L.M. Davis

Title variation

• Ethnic revival on China's southwest borders
• Song & silence

Creator

• Davis, Sara L. M., (Sara Leila Margaret), 1967-

Subject

• Electronic books
• Ethnic relations
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
• Social Sciences
• China -- Xishuangbanna Daizu Zizhizhou
• Sociology
• Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
• Tai (Southeast Asian people)
• Tai (Southeast Asian people) -- China | Xishuangbanna Daizu Zizhiqu
• Xishuangbanna Daizu Zizhizhou (China) -- Ethnic relations
• Social Structures, Social Interaction, Population, Social Anthropology

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

In the sunny, subtropical Sipsongpanna region, Tai Lues perform flirtatious, exoticized dances for an increasingly growing tourist trade. Endorsed by Chinese officials, who view the Tai Lues as a?model minority," these staged performances are part of a carefully sanctioned ethnic policy. However, behind the scenes and away from the eyes and ears of tourists and the Chinese government, a different kind of cultural resurgence is taking place. In this vivid and beautifully told ethnography, Sara L.M. Davis reveals how Tai Lues are reviving and reinventing their culture in ways that

Cataloging source

N$T

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Language note

In English

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography