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

• Superior document: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
• Author: Jinba, Tenzin.
• Έτος έκδοσης: 2013
• Γλώσσα: English
• Σειρά: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Σημειώσεις: Description based upon print version of record.

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 sta...