Description: "Ethnic Branding in Contemporary China: Buyi and the Paradox of Difference delves into the attempts of Buyi villagers in Wuyang (southwestern China) to navigate the contradiction between preserving ethnic distinctiveness for pride and profit on the one hand, and "catching up" economically and culturally to rapidly developing Chinese society on the other"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Stevan Harrell is professor emeritus of anthropology and environmental and forest sciences at the University of Washington. He is the author of Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China (UWP, 2001) and An Ecological History of Modern China (UWP, 2023); and editor of the University of Washington Press book series Studies on Ethnic Groups in China.
Review Quotes:
"As a child of a Buyi father and Han mother, Luo takes the reader on an evocative journey into the lives of the Buyi through a rare insider and outsider perspective. . . . [A] pioneering piece of work for anthropologists and China scholars."
-- "China Journal"