Description: The Lahu, with a population of around 470,000, inhabit the mountainous country in Yunnan Province bordering on Burma, Laos and northern Thailand. Buddhists, with a long history of resistance to the Chinese Han majority, the Lahu are currently facing a serious collapse of their traditional social system, with the highest suicide rate in the world, large scale human trafficking of their women, alcoholism and poverty. This book, based on extensive original research including long-term anthropological research among the Lahu, provides an overview of the traditional way of life of the Lahu, their social system, culture and beliefs, and discusses the ways in which these are changing. It shows how the Lahu are especially vulnerable because of their lack of political representatives and a state educated elite which can engage with, and be part of, the government administrative system. The Lahu are one of many relatively small ethnic minorities in China - overall the book provides an example of how the Chinese government approaches these relatively small ethnic minorities.
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Title: The Lahu Minority In Southwest China By Jianxiong Ma 978113810915
Weight: 509
EAN: 9781138109155
ISBN-10: 9781138109155
Date of Publication: 2021-09
Place of Publication: 2021-09
Book Series: Routledge
Genre: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
Narrative Type: N/A
Features: N/A
Intended Audience: N/A
Ex Libris: No
Editor: N/A
Edition: N/A
Pagination: 274
Dimensions: 921x614
Number of Pages: 254 Pages
Publication Name: The Lahu Minority in Southwest China: a Response to Ethnic Marginalization on the Frontier
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD
Item Height: 234 mm
Subject: Social Sciences
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 503 g
Author: Jianxiong Ma
Item Width: 156 mm
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
Format: Paperback
