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<p>Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in the 1980s and 1990s in southern Sichuan, this pathbreaking study examines the nature of ethnic consciousness and ethnic relations among local communities, focusing on the Nuosu (classified as Yi by the Chinese government), Prmi, Naze, and Han. It argues that even within the same regional social system, ethnic identity is formulated, perceived, and promoted differently by different communities at different times.<br> <p> <i>Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China</i> exemplifies a model in which ethnic consciousness and ethnic relations consist of drawing boundaries between ones own group and others, crossing those boundaries, and promoting internal unity within a group. Leaders and members of ethnic groups use commonalties and differences in history, culture, and kinship to promote internal unity and to strengthen or cross external boundaries. Superimposed on the structure of competing and cooperating local groups is a state system of ethnic classification and administration; members and leaders of local groups incorporate this system into their own ethnic consciousness, co-opting or resisting it situationally.<br> <p> The heart of the

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Author

Stevan Harrell

Publisher

University of Washington Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780295981222

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Sociology, Social_sciences

Rating

3.8 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13