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A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands
By Colin Legerton, By Jacob Rawson
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256 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Cloth, PDF, Mobipocket, EPUB
Cloth, $24.95 (US $24.95) (CA $27.95)
ISBN 9781556528149
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (May 2009)
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An intimate view of the other Chinese cultures
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 natives—they 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 truths about China's hidden minorities and their complex position in Chinese society through real discussions, including a heated debate with Ewenki village cadres on human rights and talks with aging hajjis about the Chinese government’s razing of their mosque.
Reviews
"A spectacular achievement reminiscent of early 20th-century anthropological monographs by Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict, with much to charm readers in search of a travelogue on China's remote border and interior regions." —Publishers WeeklyAuthor Biography
Colin Legerton has worked as a Chinese-English translator and is currently in the master's program of Central Eurasian and Uralic studies at Indiana University. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Jacob Rawson gives presentations on China's ethnic minorities and the Korean minority in Japan and is currently in the master's program of Chinese and Korean linguistics at the University of Washington. He lives in Mount Vernon, Washington.