Mary Rack works as a teacher for the Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service in Gateshead, England. Previously, she lectured in Anthropology at Durham University and held the Sociological Review Fellowship at Keele University.
This innovative book explores the way Western anthropologists use studies of ethnicity to 'interpret' local cultures. Mary Rack raises critical issues about ethnic classifications and the way they are used, making this a book that will be useful for all students of ethnicity.Overturning the generalising tendencies characteristic of classic anthropology, Rack demonstrates that ethnic classifications have little to do with the self-perceptions of those concerned –– and everything to do with political and intellectual elites. 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 civilisation. This study sheds new light on the ways in which Western anthropologists handle ethnicity and ethnic difference more generally.
發表於2024-12-20
Ethnic Distinctions, Local Meanings 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
本來看到這本分析湘西苗族族群認同的書還很高興,畢竟都屬於武陵山區,也經常去花垣,鳳凰那邊溜達,偶對湘西還是挺有親切感的。但是這本書怎麼說呢,給我一種很奇怪的感覺。書中所描述的現象大多都是準確的,例如一個村子對另外一個村子的鄙視,覺得另一個村子更落後(這個現...
評分本來看到這本分析湘西苗族族群認同的書還很高興,畢竟都屬於武陵山區,也經常去花垣,鳳凰那邊溜達,偶對湘西還是挺有親切感的。但是這本書怎麼說呢,給我一種很奇怪的感覺。書中所描述的現象大多都是準確的,例如一個村子對另外一個村子的鄙視,覺得另一個村子更落後(這個現...
評分本來看到這本分析湘西苗族族群認同的書還很高興,畢竟都屬於武陵山區,也經常去花垣,鳳凰那邊溜達,偶對湘西還是挺有親切感的。但是這本書怎麼說呢,給我一種很奇怪的感覺。書中所描述的現象大多都是準確的,例如一個村子對另外一個村子的鄙視,覺得另一個村子更落後(這個現...
評分本來看到這本分析湘西苗族族群認同的書還很高興,畢竟都屬於武陵山區,也經常去花垣,鳳凰那邊溜達,偶對湘西還是挺有親切感的。但是這本書怎麼說呢,給我一種很奇怪的感覺。書中所描述的現象大多都是準確的,例如一個村子對另外一個村子的鄙視,覺得另一個村子更落後(這個現...
評分本來看到這本分析湘西苗族族群認同的書還很高興,畢竟都屬於武陵山區,也經常去花垣,鳳凰那邊溜達,偶對湘西還是挺有親切感的。但是這本書怎麼說呢,給我一種很奇怪的感覺。書中所描述的現象大多都是準確的,例如一個村子對另外一個村子的鄙視,覺得另一個村子更落後(這個現...
圖書標籤: 人類學 identity Hmong 邊疆史 湘西 cultural
為瞭查一句話又翻瞭一遍吖,20“Most rural lowland people themselves use the term ‘country people’ (xiangxia ren) to refer to the Kho Xiong-speaking highla”
評分為瞭查一句話又翻瞭一遍吖,20“Most rural lowland people themselves use the term ‘country people’ (xiangxia ren) to refer to the Kho Xiong-speaking highla”
評分為瞭查一句話又翻瞭一遍吖,20“Most rural lowland people themselves use the term ‘country people’ (xiangxia ren) to refer to the Kho Xiong-speaking highla”
評分為瞭查一句話又翻瞭一遍吖,20“Most rural lowland people themselves use the term ‘country people’ (xiangxia ren) to refer to the Kho Xiong-speaking highla”
評分為瞭查一句話又翻瞭一遍吖,20“Most rural lowland people themselves use the term ‘country people’ (xiangxia ren) to refer to the Kho Xiong-speaking highla”
Ethnic Distinctions, Local Meanings 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載