Invisible China A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands

Name: Invisible China A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands
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ISBN: 9781556528149

ISBN-10: 1556528140

ISBN-13: 9781556528149

Edition: 2009

Authors: Colin Legerton, Jacob Rawson

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Traveling more than 14,000 miles by bus and train to the farthest reaches of China, the authors of this narrative explore the minority peoples who dwell there, talking to farmers in their fields, monks in their monasteries, fishermen on their skiffs, and herders on the steppe. Closely observing daily life in these remote regions, they document the many lifestyles and adventures of the Chinese nativesthey visit an old Catholic fisherman at a church that has been without a priest for 40 years; they hike around high-altitude Lugu Lake to farm with the matriarchal Mosuo women; and they descend into a dry riverbed to hunt for jade with Muslim Uyghur merchants. This account uncovers surprising…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Authors' Note


Introduction



The Northeast



Hunters of the Hinterlands: The Oroqen, Daur, Ewenki, and Hezhen



Immigrants and Emigrants: The Koreans



The Windswept Kingdom: The Mongolians



The Southwest



Fishermen of the South Sea: The Kinh



Valley of the Headhunters: The Wa



Selling Ethnicity: The Naxi



The Country of Daughters: The Mosuo



The Northwest



Left Behind: The Dongxiang



Prayers on the Plateau: The Tibetans



The Sweltering Oasis: The Uyghurs



Yaks and Yurts: The Tajiks



The East



Chinese Jews?



Final Thoughts: A Day at the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park


Afterword


Selected Suggested Reading


Index