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

• Main Author: Jinba, Tenzin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Seattle University of Washington Press 2013
• Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
• Subjects: Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Asian history; Gender studies, gender groups; Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804842 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.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (188 p.)

ISBN

9780295804842
9780295993065

Access

Open Access