In the Land of the Eastern Queendom: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Border
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.
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In the Land of the Eastern Queendom: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Border
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.
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In the Land of the Eastern Queendom: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Border
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.
Tenzin Jinba is professor of anthropology and sociology at Lanzhou University.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Stevan Harrell
Preface and Acknowledgments
Maps
Introduction
1. Setting Foot in the Queen’s Land
2. Masculine and Feminine Internal Others in China
3. From the Valley of Beauties to the Eastern Queendom
4. The Queendom and Grassroots Politics
5. The Moluo Tourism Association: How Far to Go?
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
What People are Saying About This
Stevan Harrell
"A rollicking romp through the complexities of local identity. Tenzin tells this story in rich ethnographic detail and engages a series of important debates on nationhood, Tibetanness, gender, and peripherality."
Emily Yeh
"As both an outsider and insider, Tenzin does a fantastic job of demonstrating the complexities and contradictions of multiple forms of identification."
