Ancient China and the Yue : perceptions and identities on the southern frontier, c. 400 BCE-50 CE

1. Verfasser: Brindley, Erica, 1971- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Ausgabe: First paperback edition.
Umfang/Format: xxii, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I. Orientations: Definitions and Disciplinary Discussions
  • Introduction: Concepts and frameworks
  • Who were the Yue?
  • 2. Linguistic research on the Yue/Viet
  • 3. The archaeological record
  • Part II. Timelines and Political Histories of the Yue State and Han-Period Yue Kingdoms, 500 BCE-110 BCE
  • 4. Political histories of the Yue state and Han-period Yue kingdoms, 500 BCE-110 BCE
  • Part III. Performing Hua-Xia, Inscribing Yue : Rhetoric, Rites, and Tags
  • 5. The rhetoric of cultural superiority and conceptualizations of ethnicity
  • 6. Tropes of the savage : physical markers of Yue identity
  • 7. Savage landscapes and magical objects
  • Part IV. Performing Yue : Political Drama, Intrigue, and Armed Resistance
  • 8. Yue identity as political masquerade and ritual modeling
  • 9. Yue identity as armed resistance to the Han imperium
  • Conclusion.