Preface From Colonialism and National Crisis to Nation-state Reconstruction and Cultural Self-concepts:Studies of Ethnic History in Southwest China&He Ming 1
Part One Ethnic Groups and Their Cultures 3
Reflections on the Relationship Between Na Mu Ji and the"Naq"Ethnic Groups&Yang Fuquan 3
A Study of Folk Beliefs Among the Dai People of Jinping&He Shaoying Dao Jie 20
A Study of the Jātaka Among the Dai National Minority Living Around Menlom Township&Yao Jue 36
A Study of the Concept of"Harmony"within the Folk Religion of Yunnan&Gao Zhiying Ma Juli 46
On the Model of"Multi-unification"and"Harmonious Coexistence"&He Lin 63
The Cultural Meaning of the Traditional House Among the Nu Ethnic Group:Fieldwork of the Nu Villages in Bingzhongluo Township,Gongshan County and Pihe Township,Fugong County&Zhang Yue Liu Xianxian 71
An Examination of Medical Beliefs in Yunnan Minority Communities&Zhang Shi 92
Iconographic Styles of Avalokitesvara in Southeast Asia&Fu Yunxian 100
Three Misconceptions in Studies of Hani History&Gu Yongji 110
A Historical Analysis of the Construction of Jinuo Culture&Zhu Yingzhan 120
The Formation of the"Parshi Dai"According to Two Genealogical Histories&Feng Yu 137
An Anthropological Interpretation of the Movie A Bride of Huayao&Zhu Lingfei 147
Part Two Ethnic Groups'Societies and Social Gender 165
Legal Guarantees for Ethnic Groups in Western Large-scale Development Strategy&Zhang Xisheng 165
Polygamous Marriage:A Rational Choice in the Context of Tradition and Habitat&Li Zhinong Lu Shuangmei Li Cuihong 176
Fishing by Hani Women in the Terraced Fields of the Ailao Mountain Area&Wang Qinghua 199
Ethnic Identity:Men's"Etic"and Women's"Emic"&Shen Haimei 214
Tourism and the Changing Image of Gender Construction&Yang Hui Liu Yongqing 228
Part Three Change and Development in Society and Culture 239
The Ethnic Culture of the Dai Nationality in the Context of Social Change:An Anthropological Study of a Dai Village in Xishuangbanna&Zheng Xiaoyun 239
Analysis of Informal Institutional Restraints on the Economic Development of Ethnic Minorities&Zhang Jinpeng Su Changqing 265
The Culture and Evolution of Huayao Dai Costume&Qiu Xueqin Liang Jian 276
Inheritance,Protection and Development of the Bai People's Tie-dyeing Culture&Jin Shaoping 296
"Heart-Inheritance":The Transmission of Spiritual"Heart-Knowledge"Among Ethnic Cultures&He Xiaorong 316
Part Four Theory and Methodology 335
Culture Holders'Monophonic Narrative Style of Culture:An Interpretation of the Experimental Value of Villagers'Logs as a New Style of Ethnography&He Ming 335