In the Land of the Eastern Queendom: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Border

In the Land of the Eastern Queendom: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Border
ISBN-10
029580484X
ISBN-13
9780295804842
Category
History
Pages
188
Language
English
Published
2013-11-17
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Author
Tenzin Jinba

Description

The story underlying this ethnography began with the recent discovery and commercialization of the remnant of an ancient “queendom” on the Sichuan-Tibet border. Recorded in classical Chinese texts, this legendary matriarchal domain has attracted not only tourists but the vigilance of the Chinese state. Tenzin Jinba’s research examines the consequences of development of the queendom label for local ethnic, gender, and political identities and for state-society relations.

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