Lijiang Stories: Shamans, Taxi Drivers, and Runaway Brides in Reform-Era China

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235 abduction. See bride abduction; kidnapping and sale of women, long-distance advertisements: carnival troupe banner, 143–44, 145; for fox-stench remedies, 151–55, 154 age: elders recognized as source of knowledge, 36; marriage and, 209n20, 210n32; ritual and, 36, 38; villagebased age-mate networks, 39 Ahern, Emily, 48 Anagnost, Ann, 8, 28, 52–53, 76, 212n43 Ancient Naxi Music, 157–58, 160–62, 164–65, 175–76, 180 Ancient Tea Horse Road (Chamagudao), 193–98, 194 Anderson, Benedict, 28, 30, 52 art: dongba culture and, 68–72, 71; pseudoAfrican , 71, 72 Asad, Talal, 201n12 Asian financial crisis (1997), 10–11, 181, 199n10 authenticity: Da Tiao dancers and, 163–64, 216n9; gendered concepts of, 63, 204n20; “living fossil” category and, 161; marginalized, 72–74; and Naxi appropriation of state hierarchies, 204n20; Old Town changed for, 124; spatialized concepts of, 74–78, 206nn34–35 Autonomous Prefecture designation, 200n2 “backwardness”: banditry discourse, 206nn40–41; and civilizing project, 85; evolutionary primitivity and, 146; mountain areas and, 74–78, 206n34; as pollution, 136 Baidi Village, 51 Bai Hua, 125 Bai people: Buddhism among, 37; elopement and, 211n39; merchants, in Lijiang Town, 126; Naxi art and, 68; shamanism and, 51, 204n13; SinoJapanese War and, 200n9 Baisha lyrical music (xiyue), 161, 215n7 banditry discourse, 206nn40–41 Baoshan, Yunnan, 117 barbarian classification, 85 Barth, Fredrik, 207n42 basin village. See East Wind Village (pseud.) beauty: abnormality and pollution disguised by, 133, 147; Bixia Yuanjun and, 139; fox spirits and, 138, 140; fox-stench advertisements and, 153; modern female identity and, 134; taxi drivers and, 121, 132–33, 147; witchcraft and, 135 beauty parlors, 132 betrothal gifts: arranged marriage and, 88; Bai practices, 211n39; borrowed, 86; bride abduction and, 89–90, 91–92; elopement and, 100, 101; in marriage law, 208n16; prestige and, 97. See also marriage and marriage practices biopolitics: capitalist transformation of Lijiang and, 123–28, 146–51; dongba culture and, 49–50; ethnic classification, “quality” discourse, and, 8–10; fox spirit and femme fatale stories and, 137–41, 214n14, 214n17; fox-stench remedy advertisements and, 151–55, 154; fox-stench stories and accusations and, 121, 134, 136–37, 150; gender, private vs. public sector, and, 130–32; gender inequality and, 155–56; marriage practices and, 119– 20, 129; reproductive body, anxieties about, 144–46; scientific-medical index Page numbers in italic type refer to illustrations. 236 : : : Index mountain communities, 94; origins of, 95–97; other ethnicities and, 113; regional variation in, 97–98, 118; role in social reproduction, 117; trauma of, 89; water pouring in, 88–89, 208n14; wedding celebrations, 90; of widows, 92, 209n21, 210n24 bridewealth: bride abduction and, 89–90; defined, 208n8; elopement and, 104; “private money,” 209n19; returned as dowry, 92 Bridgehead Strategy Plan, 196–97 Brukman, Jan, 95 Buddhism, 31, 138 Bulag, Uradyn, 206n35, 218n14 cadres (ganbu), 21–22 Campaign to Open Up the West (Xibu Dakaifa), 12, 162, 174, 175, 180, 196 capitalist transformation of Lijiang Town: consumer goods and services, 126–27; earthquake as boost to, 123; ethnicized consumption, minority women, and, 155; gender and, 146–51; outside workers and entrepreneurs, 126; private entrepreneurship and gender, 130–32; sexualization of space and power and, 128; tourism and image transformation, 124–26. See also market economy; tourism, development, and promotion carnival troupe advertisement, 143–44, 145 Ceiheeqbbubbeqmil, 82–83, 116–17, 119 Centre of World Heritage Studies (YASS), 217n7 Chamagudao (Ancient Tea Horse Road), 193–98, 194 Chen Kaige, 207n43 Chen Yinke, 142–43, 214n19 China Central Television, 178 China Daily, 58–59, 68 China National Tourism Administration, 158 Christianity, 176 civilization discourse and civilizing project: gender associated with, 63–64; Han biopolitics (cont.) discourse and bodily difference, 141–46; semiotics of smell, 138; spatial difference and, 77; taxi driver stories and, 121–23, 132–34, 140–41, 150–51, 155; unforeseen consequences of, 198; Western women and, 133–34; witchcraft accusations and, 135–37; yinyangren and sexual ambiguity, 133–34. See also pollution vs. purity; quality (suzhi) discourses biopower and self-discipline, 29 Bixia Yuanjun, 139 body odor. See fox stench (huchou) body politics. See biopolitics boundary construction: culinary practices and, 167; dog meat and, 173; ethnic classification and, 72, 76–77, 78; fox stench and, 123, 142–43, 146; pure vs. polluted bodies, 142–43; race, pollution, and, 142; religious practices and, 74. See also ethnic difference boundary crossing: bodily difference and, 122; cuisine and, 169; elopement, bride abduction, and, 113; fox spirits and, 139, 140; fox stench and, 142–43, 150; in spatial transgression, witchcraft poison, and...