Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 264 pages)
ISBN:
9789047421641
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia volume 80
Content:
Preliminary Material /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter One. Location /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Two. Langdong /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Three. The Name ‘Kam’ /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Four. The Villagers /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Five. Physical Characteristics Of The People /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Six. The Village /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Seven. Farming /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Eight. Spinning And Weaving /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Nine. Thrifty People /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Ten. Mornings And Evenings /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Eleven. Food /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twelve. Mealtime Etiquette /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Thirteen. Drinks /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Fourteen. Clothing /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Fifteen. Coming-Of-Age /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Sixteen. Courtship /Night -- Chapter Seventeen. Courtship /Day -- Chapter Eighteen. Intimidating Situations For Young Women /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Nineteen. Matchmakers /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty. Engagement Ceremony /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty-One. Marriage And Divorce /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty-Two. Unorthodox Marriages /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty-Three. Marriage Relationships /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty-Four. The Distinction In Culture Between Men And Women /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty-Five. Clan-Centred Community /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty-Six. Pipe-Smoking Elders /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty-Seven. No Beggars Or Thieves /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty-Eight. Monotonous And Primitive Music /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Twenty-Nine. Festivals And Celebrations /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Thirty. Children /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Thirty-One. Survival In The Midst Of Suffering /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Thirty-Two. Author’S Postscript /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Chapter Thirty-Three. Translator’S Postscript /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Glossary /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- References /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Index /C. Ou and D.N. Geary -- Plates /C. Ou and D.N. Geary.
Content:
Although this unique insider's account of minority life in China is clearly a book in itself, it is also the sequel to the much-acclaimed The Kam People of China (Geary, Ou and others, 2003). It describes the hitherto scarcely researched culture of people from Xiangye village, in an untravelled corner of Guizhou province, Southwest China, in the 20 years leading up to Liberation in 1949. Xiangye is a Kam (Dong) nationality village, so the book highlights Kam culture of the 1930s and 1940s. It is a fascinating and unparalleled study, also offering exceptionally clear details of many aspects of material culture and social customs, for example, the work of rice-farming, cotton production, and cooking, beautifully illustrated with line drawings and photographs, that should appeal to anyone interested in the Kam people, China, or in ethnology generally. The author grew up in Xiangye and later became Professor of Anthropology at a university in Qinghai province. The manuscript was first written in Chinese, with the intention of having it translated into English for an outside readership
Note:
English translation of unpublished Chinese manuscript; hence no Chinese uniform title
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Includes bibliographical references (page 257-258) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004162297
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004162291
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ou, Chaoquan Life in a Kam village in southwest China, 1930 - 1949 Leiden : Brill, 2007 ISBN 9789004162297
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Ethnology
Keywords:
Guizhou
;
Dong
