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Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through to the 1940s. The contributors argue that local society in the Delta was integrated into the Chinese state through a series of changes that involved constant redefinition of lineages, territories, and ethnic identities. The emergence of lineages in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the deployment of deities in local alliances, and the shrewd use of ethnic labels provided terms for a discourse that reified the criteria for membership in Chinese local society. The ideology produced by these developments continued to serve as the norm for the legitimation of power in local society throughout the Republican period. The contributors emphasise the conjunction of human action, events, and cultural meaning, unveiling the intricate relations between local society, regional identities and the symbolic impact of the state.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Down to Earth
• Subtitle: The Territorial Bond in South China
• Author: David Faure, Helen F. Siu
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• EAN: 9780804724357
• ISBN: 0804724350
• ID: 04716325
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Weight: 367 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. December 1995

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