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The art of ethnography : a Chinese "Miao album" / translation by David M. Deal and Laura Hostetler ; introduction by Laura Hostetler.

Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Chinese Series: Studies on ethnic groups in ChinaPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2006.Description: lxvii, 178 p. : ill., (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0295985437 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780295985435 (hardback : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Chinese "Miao album"
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.895/97205134 22
LOC classification:
  • DS793.K8 A77 2006
Contents:
Luoluo -- Nüguan (female official) -- Bai (white) Luoluo -- Songjia Miao -- Caijia Miao -- Kayou Zhongjia -- Bulong (basket-repairing) Zhongjia -- Qing (blue) Zhongjia -- Cengzhu Longjia -- Gou'er (dog-eared) Longjia -- Madeng (stirrup) Longjia -- Datou (large-headed) Longjia -- Hua (flowery) Miao -- Hong (red) Miao -- Bai (white) Miao -- Qing (blue) Miao -- Hei (black) Miao -- Dong (east) Miao -- Xi (west) Miao -- Yao Miao -- Nong (agricultural) Miao -- Daya (teeth-breaking) Gelao -- Gedou Miao -- Zhushi (pig-filth) Gelao -- Gelao -- Liuzhong (six kinds of) Miao -- Shui (water) Gelao -- Guoquan (pot-ring) Gelao -- Pipao (cape) Gelao -- Mulao -- Ge Zhuang -- Boren -- Turen (local people) -- Manren (barbarian people) -- Dongren (cave people) -- Yaoren -- Yangbao Miao -- Yanghuang Miao -- Jiugu (nine-divisions) Miao -- Bafan Miao -- Zijiang (purple-ginger) Miao -- Gulin Miao -- Kemeng guyang Miao -- Dong (cave) Miao -- Qian (dense-bamboo) Miao -- Lingjia Miao -- Dongjia Miao -- Shuijia Miao -- Liu (six) Ezi -- Bai (white) Ezi -- Ranjia man -- Jiuming jiuxing (nine-names and nine-surnames) Miao -- Yetou (elderly-headman) Miao -- Dongzai Miao -- Bazhai (eight villages) Miao -- Qingjiang (clear-river) hei (black) Miao -- Louju (storied-house-dwelling) hei (black) Miao -- Hei shan (black mountain) Miao -- Hei (black) Zhongjia -- Gaopo (high hill) Miao -- Pingfa Miao -- Hei (black) sheng (wild or raw) Miao -- Qingjiang (clear-river) Zhongjia -- Liminzi -- Bai erzi (white sons) -- Bai (white) Longjia -- Bai (white) Zhongjia -- Tu (local) Gelao -- Yaque (crow and sparrow) Miao -- Hulu (gourd) Miao -- Hongzhou Miao -- Xiqi (west-stream) Miao -- Chezhai Miao -- Sheng (wild or raw) Miao -- Hei jiao (black-foot) Miao -- Hei lou (black storied-house) Miao -- Duanqun (short-skirt) Miao -- Jiantou (pointed-head) Miao -- Langci (virtuous and kind) Miao -- Luohan (arhat) Miao -- Xiang yizi (village tribes) -- Liudong (six-cave) Yiren.
Review: "The Art of Ethnography is a fully illustrated translation of a "Miao album" - a Chinese genre originating in the eighteenth century that used prose, poetry, and detailed illustrations to represent minority ethnic groups living in frontier regions under imperial Chinese control. These bound collections of hand-painted illustrations and handwritten text reveal how imperial China viewed culturally "other" frontier populations.Summary: They also contain valuable information for anthropologists, geographers, and historians, and are coveted by art collectors for their beautiful imagery. "Miao" in this context refers not just to groups that called themselves Miao (Hmong) or were classified as such by the majority Han culture, but generally to the many minority peoples in China's southwest." "This volume reproduces each of the eighty-two illustrations from the original album and the corresponding Chinese calligraphic text, along with an annotated English translation. Each entry depicts a different ethnic group residing in Guizhou. The album is anonymous and dates from sometime after 1797."--BOOK JACKET.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS793.K8 A77 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Translation of anonymous and untitled Chinese work, dating from some time after 1797. TBC00002523

Translation of anonymous and untitled Chinese work, dating from some time after 1797.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-172) and index.

Luoluo -- Nüguan (female official) -- Bai (white) Luoluo -- Songjia Miao -- Caijia Miao -- Kayou Zhongjia -- Bulong (basket-repairing) Zhongjia -- Qing (blue) Zhongjia -- Cengzhu Longjia -- Gou'er (dog-eared) Longjia -- Madeng (stirrup) Longjia -- Datou (large-headed) Longjia -- Hua (flowery) Miao -- Hong (red) Miao -- Bai (white) Miao -- Qing (blue) Miao -- Hei (black) Miao -- Dong (east) Miao -- Xi (west) Miao -- Yao Miao -- Nong (agricultural) Miao -- Daya (teeth-breaking) Gelao -- Gedou Miao -- Zhushi (pig-filth) Gelao -- Gelao -- Liuzhong (six kinds of) Miao -- Shui (water) Gelao -- Guoquan (pot-ring) Gelao -- Pipao (cape) Gelao -- Mulao -- Ge Zhuang -- Boren -- Turen (local people) -- Manren (barbarian people) -- Dongren (cave people) -- Yaoren -- Yangbao Miao -- Yanghuang Miao -- Jiugu (nine-divisions) Miao -- Bafan Miao -- Zijiang (purple-ginger) Miao -- Gulin Miao -- Kemeng guyang Miao -- Dong (cave) Miao -- Qian (dense-bamboo) Miao -- Lingjia Miao -- Dongjia Miao -- Shuijia Miao -- Liu (six) Ezi -- Bai (white) Ezi -- Ranjia man -- Jiuming jiuxing (nine-names and nine-surnames) Miao -- Yetou (elderly-headman) Miao -- Dongzai Miao -- Bazhai (eight villages) Miao -- Qingjiang (clear-river) hei (black) Miao -- Louju (storied-house-dwelling) hei (black) Miao -- Hei shan (black mountain) Miao -- Hei (black) Zhongjia -- Gaopo (high hill) Miao -- Pingfa Miao -- Hei (black) sheng (wild or raw) Miao -- Qingjiang (clear-river) Zhongjia -- Liminzi -- Bai erzi (white sons) -- Bai (white) Longjia -- Bai (white) Zhongjia -- Tu (local) Gelao -- Yaque (crow and sparrow) Miao -- Hulu (gourd) Miao -- Hongzhou Miao -- Xiqi (west-stream) Miao -- Chezhai Miao -- Sheng (wild or raw) Miao -- Hei jiao (black-foot) Miao -- Hei lou (black storied-house) Miao -- Duanqun (short-skirt) Miao -- Jiantou (pointed-head) Miao -- Langci (virtuous and kind) Miao -- Luohan (arhat) Miao -- Xiang yizi (village tribes) -- Liudong (six-cave) Yiren.

Translated from the Chinese.

"The Art of Ethnography is a fully illustrated translation of a "Miao album" - a Chinese genre originating in the eighteenth century that used prose, poetry, and detailed illustrations to represent minority ethnic groups living in frontier regions under imperial Chinese control. These bound collections of hand-painted illustrations and handwritten text reveal how imperial China viewed culturally "other" frontier populations.

They also contain valuable information for anthropologists, geographers, and historians, and are coveted by art collectors for their beautiful imagery. "Miao" in this context refers not just to groups that called themselves Miao (Hmong) or were classified as such by the majority Han culture, but generally to the many minority peoples in China's southwest." "This volume reproduces each of the eighty-two illustrations from the original album and the corresponding Chinese calligraphic text, along with an annotated English translation. Each entry depicts a different ethnic group residing in Guizhou. The album is anonymous and dates from sometime after 1797."--BOOK JACKET.

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