Chao, Emily.

Lijiang stories : shamans, taxi drivers, and runaway brides in reform-era China / Emily Chao. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 248 p.) - Studies on ethnic groups in China A China Program book .

Introduction -- The Maoist shaman and the madman -- Dongba culture and the authenticization of marginality -- Ethnicizing myth, bride abduction, and elopement -- Biopolitics: fox stench, gender boundaries, and the moral economy of postsocialism -- Marketing difference: dog meat, court cases, and ethnopreneurs -- Conclusion: Forgetting the madman and remembering the ancient Tea House Road.

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Naxi (Chinese people)--Government relations.--China--Lijiang Shi
Naxi (Chinese people)--Economic conditions.--China--Lijiang Shi
Naxi (Chinese people)--Social life and customs.--China--Lijiang Shi
Post-communisim--China--Lijiang Shi.


Lijiang Shi (China)--Ethnic relations.
Lijiang Shi (China)--Social conditions.

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