ABSTRACT
As China strengthens its links with its neighbours through its Belt and Road initiative, there is growing interest in the indigenous peoples of China’s western and southwestern borderlands. This book, based on extensive original research, considers the indigenous peoples of Yunnan province, which is a major gateway between China and the countries of south and south-east Asia. Unlike many books on China’s indigenous peoples which are written by foreigners who have lived for a while in China, this book is comprised of the work of Chinese scholars, many of them members of ethnic minorities themselves, and considers the issues from a Chinese perspective.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |5 pages
Introduction
part 1|42 pages
Ethnicity and migration
chapter 1|8 pages
Transnational migration and ethnic-group identity in the context of globalization
chapter 2|15 pages
The cultural adaptation of the Wa floating population
chapter 3|10 pages
The predicament of development for those on the margins of a nation
chapter 4|7 pages
Historical inheritance and the construction of historical identity of ethnic groups in mountainous regions of Yunnan
part 2|31 pages
Ethnicity and marriage
chapter 5|15 pages
Changing history, with an unchanged cultural root
chapter 6|14 pages
Interpretations of the social and cultural meanings of dowry among the Miao people
part 3|36 pages
Christianity
chapter 8|6 pages
From school to village
part 4|33 pages
Islam
part 5|27 pages
Other religions