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List of contents
List of Tables, Maps, and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction, by Stevan Harrell
PART ONE: The Yi in History
1. Reconstructing Yi History from Yi Records, by Wu Gu
2. Nzymo as Seen in Some Yi Classical Books, by Wu Jingzhong
PART TWO: Nuosu Society in Liangshan
3. A Comparative Approach to Lineages among the Xiao Liangshan Nuosu and Han, by Ann Maxwell Hill and Eric Diehl
4. Preferential Bilateral-Cross-Cousin Marriage among the Nuosu in Liangshan, by Lu Hui
5. Names and Genealogies among the Nuosu of Liangshan, by Ma Erzi
6. Homicide and Homicide Cases in Old Liangshan, by Qubi Shimei and Ma Erzi
7. Searching for the Heroic Age of the Yi People of Liangshan, by Liu Yu
8. On the Nature and Transmission of Bimo Knowledge in Liangshan, by Bamo Ayi
PART THREE: Yi Society in Yunnan
9. The Cold Funeral of the Nisu Yi, by Li Yongxiang
10. A Valley-House: Remembering a Yi Headmanship by Erik Mueggler
11. Native Place and Ethnic Relations in Lunan Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan, by Margaret Byrne Swain
PART FOUR: The Yi Today
12. Language Policy for the Yi, by David Bradley
13. Nationalities Conflict and Ethnicity in the People’s Republic of China, with Special Reference to the Yi in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, by Thomas Heberer
14. Education and Ethnicity among the Liangshan Yi, by Martin Schoenhals
15. Nuosu Women’s Economic Role in Ninglang, Yunnan, under the Reforms, by Wu Ga (Vugashynyumo Luovu)
16. The Yi Health Care System in Liangshan and Chuxiong, by Xiaoxing Liu
References
List of Contributors
Index
About the author
Stevan Harrell is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington and Acting Curator of Asian Ethnology at the Burke Museum. He is author of the forthcoming Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China (2000), Human Families (1997) and Ploughshare Village: Culture and Context in Taiwan (1982). He is also co-editor of Mountain Patterns: The Survival of Nuosu Culture in China (2000), with Bamo Qubumo and Ma Erzi. His edited volumes include Chinese Historical Microdemography (California, 1995) and Chinese Families in the Post-Mao Era (California, 1993, coedited with Deborah Davis).
Summary
Nearly seven million people live in southwest China, but most educated people have never heard of them. This work intends to bring this part of the world to life. It is a collection of work by both Yi and foreign scholars describing their history, traditional society, and social changes.
