Research on the Ethnic Relationship and Ethnic Culture Changes in the West of the TibetanYi Corridor

The book is based on the concept of the TibetanYi Corridor, which was proposed by Fei Xiaotong, and "The Intermediaries" Theory from Wang Mingming. It studies the ethnic relations and cultural changes in the western part of the Corridor, which comprised the DiQiang ethnic origin.

As the first inter-disciplinary study of ethnic relationship and cultural changes in the westernmost section of the Tibetan-Yi Corridor, this book brings together a broad range of analyses from the anthropological, historical, and frontier studies perspectives. The author builds on a synthesis of Fei Xiaotong's Tibetan-Yi corridor theory and Wang Mingming's cultural theory and to present a rich historical narrative of the dynamic interactions among the Lisu, Nu, Dulong, Naxi, Bai, Tibetan and Pumi ethnic groups in this region from the Tang Dynasty to the Republic of China period. In addition to a vast body of existing literature, the study also draws on extensive fieldwork. Its findings not only enhance our knowledge of the historical development of particular ethnic groups in a specific region but also have implications for how we should understand the development of the Chinese nation as a whole.

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Gao Zhiying holds a Ph.D. in history from Yunnan University, where she serves as Distinguished Professor. Professor Gao completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Social Anthropology at Peking University. Her research focuses on ethnic history, historical anthropology of culture and religion, cultural ethnosociology, and religious anthropology in the westernmost section of the "Tibetan-Yi Corridor" in southwest China and Southeast Asia. She is the author of a number of influential monographs.

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List of Figures List of Tables Introduction Ethnic Groups in the Western Area of the Tibetan-Yi Corridor after Battles among Three Parties in the Tang Dynasty Eight Southern Tribes in Lijianglu after Yuan Soldiers Crossed Jinsha River using Animal Bladders as a Floatation Device The Rise of the Mu Clan during the Ming Dynasty and Ethnic Groups in the Western Area of the Tibetan-Yi Corridor Ethnic Groups on the Western Edge of the Tibetan-Yi Corridor against the Decline of the Local Chieftains of the Mu Clan in the Qing Dynasty The Ethnic Groups along the Tibetan-Yi Corridor during the Crisis in the Period of the Republic of China Ethnic Relations and Changes in Ethnic Culture Bibliography.