| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
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Routledge Contemporary China Series |
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Routledge contemporary China series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Technical notes; 1 Introduction; 2 The escape of E Sha Buddha: ethnicity and political movements in the Black River valley; 3 Death threat and self-negation: tension and pressure in the spiritual world; 4 Marriage and land property: bilateral, non-lineal kinship and communal authority; 5 'To become wives of the Han': conflicts, marriage squeeze and the resettlement of women; 6 Poverty reduction and education; 7 Suicide as a cultural response and an indicator of the change in social relationships |
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8 Concluding remarksAppendix 1: the chronicle of Ban village in the Black River valley; Appendix 2: the changes in the population and the cropland of Ban village; Appendix 3: the basic data of the Black River Township; Chinese glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The Lahu, with a population of around 470,000, inhabit the mountainous country in Yunnan Province bordering on Burma, Laos and northern Thailand. Buddhists, with a long history of resistance to the Chinese Han majority, the Lahu are currently facing a serious collapse of their traditional social system, with the highest suicide rate in the world, large scale human trafficking of their women, alcoholism and poverty. This book, based on extensive original research including long-term anthropological research among the Lahu, provides an overview of the traditional way of life of the Lahu, thei |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lahu (Asian people) -- China, Southwest
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Ethnology -- China, Southwest
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Minorities -- Government policy -- China, Southwest
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Ethnology
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Lahu (Asian people)
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Minorities -- Government policy
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Southwest China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136296024 |
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1136296026 |
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