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Procreative metaphor and productive unity in an Yi headmanship
journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute • 4 (2) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 235-253
By: Mueggler, Erik.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a discussion of how Yi villagers in the 1990s talk about the Yi rotating headship system of the 1930s and 40s. The system was formed in part to accommodate the demands on Yi hospitality by traveling Han Chinese officials and military personnel. What interests the author is how present-day Yi represent the system in ways that tie them to their land, community and history, and express their Yi nationality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural revitalization and ethnogenesis
- Local officials
- Towns
- Cult of the dead
- Eschatology
- Sacred objects and places
- Ethnobotany
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930s-1990s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yijichang, Yongren county, Yunnan Province, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Erik Mueggler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95660943
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yi (Chinese people)/Ethnology--China