The National Research Center at Yunnan University for Studies of Borderland Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China was established in 2001. This Center at Yunnan University is one of 100 national humanities and social science establishments set up by the Chinese Education Ministry. Besides the Resource Room, it includes the following five institutions: the Kuige (Fieldwork and Social Culture) Research Unit, the Ethnic Relations and Nationalities Issues Research Unit, the Cross-Border Ethnic and Bo

Preface From Colonialism and National Crisis to Nation-state
Reconstruction and Cultural Self-concepts: Studies of Ethnic History in Southwest China He Ming,
Part One Ethnic Groups and Their Cultures
Reflections on the Relationship Between Na Mu Ji and the "Naq" Ethnic Groups Yang Fuquan
A Study of Folk Beliefs Among the Dai People of Jinping He Shaoying Dao Jie
A Study of the Jataka Among the Dai National Minority Living Around Menlom Township Yao Jue
A Study of the Concept of "Harmony" within the Folk Religion of Yunnan Gao Zbiying Ma Juli
On the Model of "Multi-unification" and "Harmonious Coexistence" He lin
The Cultural Meaning of the Traditional House Among the Nu Ethnic Group: Fieldwork of the Nu Villages in Bingzhongluo Township, Gongshan County and Pihe Township, Fugong County Zhang Yue Liu Xianxian
An Examination of Medical Beliefs in Yunnan Minority Communities Zhang Sbi
Iconographic Styles of Avalokitesvara in Southeast Asia Fu Yunxian
Three Misconceptions in Studies of Hani History Gu Yongji
A Historical Analysis of the Construction of Jinuo Culture Zhu Yingzban
The Formation of the "Parshi Dai" According to Two Genealogical Histories Feng Yu
An Anthropological Interpretation of the Movie A B~de of Huayao zhu Iingfei
Part Two Ethnic G.oups' Societies and Social Gender
Legal Guarantees for Ethnic Groups in Western Large-scale Development Strategy Zhang Xisheng
Polygamous Marriage: A Rational Choice in the Context of Tradition and Habitat Li Zbinong Lu Shuangrnei Li Cuibong
Fishing by Hani Women in the Terraced Fidds of the Ailao Mountain Area Wang.Q.inghua
Ethnic Identity." Men's "Etic" dnd Women's "Emic" Sben Hairnei
Tourism and the Changing Image of Gender Construction Yang Hui Liu Yongqing
Part Three Change and Development in Society and Culture
The Ethnic Culture of the Dai Nationality in the Context of Social Change: An Anthropological Study of a Dad Village in Xishuangbanna Zheng Xiaqun
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Part Four Theory and Methodology