Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China

Nearly seven million Yi people live in Southwest China, but most educated people outside China have never heard of them. This book brings this little-known part of the world to life, describing its history, traditional society, and recent social changes.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Harrell, Stevan (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press 2001.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies on China ; 26.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38487524*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reconstructing Yi history from Yi records / Wu Gu
  • Nzymo as seen in some Yi classical books / Wu Jingzhong
  • Comparative approach to lineages among the Xiao Liangshan Nuosu and Han / Ann Maxwell Hill and Eric Diehl
  • Preferential bilateral-cross-cousin marriage among the Nuosu in Liangshan / Lu Hui
  • Names and genealogies among the Nuosu of Liangshan / Ma Erzi
  • Homicide and homicide cases in Old Liangshan / Qubi Shimei and Ma Erzi
  • Searching for the heroic age of the Yi people of Liangshan / Liu Yu
  • On the nature and transmission of Bimo knowledge in Liangshan / Bamo Ayi
  • Cold funeral of the Nisu Yi / Li Yongxiang
  • Valley-house / Erik Mueggler
  • Native place and ethnic relations in Lunan Yi autonomous county, Yunnan / Margaret Byrne Swain
  • Language policy for the Yi / David Bradley
  • Nationalities conflict and ethnicity in the People's Republic of China, with special reference to the Yi in the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture / Thomas Heberer
  • Education and ethnicity among the Liangshan Yi / Martin Schoenhals
  • Nuosu women's economic role in Ningland, Yunnan, under the reforms / Wu Ga (Luovu Vugashynyumo)
  • Yi health care system in Liangshan and Chuxiong / Liu Xiaoxing.