Research on the Ethnic Relationship and Ethnic Culture Changes in the West of the Tibetan-Yi Corridor

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As the first inter-disciplinary study of ethnic relationship and cultural changes in the westernmost section of the Tibetan-Yi Corridor, this book brings together a broad range of analyses from the anthropological, historical, and frontier studies perspectives. The author builds on a synthesis of Fei Xiaotongs Tibetan-Yi corridor theory and Wang Mingmings cultural theory and to present a rich historical narrative of the dynamic interactions among the Lisu, Nu, Dulong, Naxi, Bai, Tibetan and Pumi ethnic groups in this region from the Tang Dynasty to the Republic of China period. In addition to a vast body of existing literature, the study also draws on extensive fieldwork. Its findings not only enhance our knowledge of the historical development of particular ethnic groups in a specific region but also have implications for how we should understand the development of the Chinese nation as a whole.

Autorenportrait

Gao Zhiying holds a Ph.D. in history from Yunnan University, where she serves as Distinguished Professor. Professor Gao completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Social Anthropology at Peking University. Her research focuses on ethnic history, historical anthropology of culture and religion, cultural ethnosociology, and religious anthropology in the westernmost section of the "Tibetan-Yi Corridor" in southwest China and Southeast Asia. She is the author of a number of influential monographs.

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