Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America

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Abbott, Mark, 227, 247; Ayi’s fear of, 237; integrity of, 229–30; life history of, 236; preaching style of, 233, 234; teaching church membership class, 236–37 abortion, 243 accidents, 172, 186–87 acculturation. See Hanification African Americans, 23 Ajju Kedde Village (Yinchang), 34 Aju (Li) clan, 138, 139, 165 alumni connections, 58, 194 Amber. See Joy, Amber American Anthropological Association , 296–97 American Indians: compared with Nuosu, 215–16; historical tragedy of, 215 ancestor worship, 104, 137, 145–46, 194, 235, 270 animal sacrifices: in bimo ritual, 38, 76–78, 85–86; as hospitality, 72, 95, 315 115, 118, 123–25, 152, 156, 167–68, 179–80, 191, 205, 299; legend of origin of, 76; at Nuosu New Year, 50; and receiving and gaining face, 124–25 anonymity, 296, 297 Anyi Zzyrnzi, 251–52 apple orchards, 104–5 Apu Village, 155–56, 169 Arabic language, 241, 243–44 Arnold, Solveig (Soph), 232–34; husband’s funeral, 268 artifacts: age of, 250; bargaining for, 250–51; collecting of, 248–56; newness of, 282; uniqueness of, 284; value of, 250, 252–53 artistic skill of Nuosu, 284 artists, identification of, 282 arts, celebration of, 284 authority, ethnographic, 176, 290–94 Ayo Asi, 251 Ayu Mujy, 284 INDEX Illustrations are indicated by page numbers in bold. Baiwu Township, 93–95, 100: ethnic groups in, 94–95; fieldwork in, 103– 8; schools in, 172 Bamo Erha: attitude toward fieldwork, 33; father in mixed household, 5, 8, 10; and Manshuiwan, 136–37; as mayor and Party secretary, 11, 31, 34; meeting Steve, 164, 169; promoting education, 158; urging daughters to form research group, 72 Bamo Lurhxa. See Bamo Erha Bamo Qubumo: fieldwork with Ayi, 72–78, 73; as graduate student, 11; meeting Steve, 136, 163, 178; role of in Mountain Patterns exhibit, 248–74 Bamo Sisters’ Yi Studies Research Group, 72, 167 Bamo Vusamo, 146, 164, 166, 167 banquets: in Panzhihua, 69–70; in Xide, 150; at Yang Erche’s house, 195; on Yang Zipo’s junket, 108, 131; in Yanyuan, 95, 100–101 baptism, 238 Baptist church. See Mt. Zion Baptist Church bargaining for artifacts, 250–51 Baru District, 34 basketball, 20–21; Lunzy’s love for, 223; minister’s wife a star player, 246–47; NBA, 223; and social networks , 173, 195 baths: hot springs, 109, 132, 202; lack of, 42, 108 Bbaqie clan, 7 beauty: contests, 266; extravagant sense of, 252; and poverty, 284 “being there,” 290–91, 294 bells, sound of, 171, 187 Bi Ashy Lazze, 36, 81 316 index bimo: Ayi’s fieldwork with, 72–88, 198–205; bilu asa protective spirit, 84; books of, 76, 249, 253; chants, 86–87; compensation to, 84; as curers, 50–51; cursing, 198–202; defined, 34n2, 35n3; dependency on, 203–4; and development, 203– 4; and divination, 13n1, 76; e‹cacy of rituals of, 280; expulsion after ritual of, 85–86; income sources of, 201, 204; of the Jjike clan, 74–75, 80, 203–4; and modern communications , 205; in Mountain Patterns exhibit, 270–72, 279–80, 281; numbers of in Meigu, 205; place at a ritual, 36; relations with clients, 40, 82–83, 203; relations with state, 203–4, 279–80; ritual tools of not for sale, 249; role of in funeral, 266; romaniticization of, 280; and tourism , 280; types of, 81–82; woman studying to be, 35–36, 80–81, 83– 84; and womanizing, 82 birthdays, Nuosu not celebrating, 13 birthing spirit (gefi), 39–40 Black Americans, 233–34 Bön religion, 173 book signing, 275 Borofsky, Robert, 295, 297 brideprice, 50 burial practices, 15, 145–46 Burke Museum, 217, 248, 250, 253, 258, 259; Qubumo’s first sight of, 257 Butuo County, 252–53; laquerware from, 280–81 cadres: arrogance of, 132, 184; as asset to fieldwork, 150, 166, 176, 182; as bimo clients, 205; as impediment to fieldwork, 139, 187–88; loosening attitude to foreigners, 170; multiculturalism of, 109; suspicion of, 160 calendar, Nuosu, 263 calendrical animals, 5 canoes, ethnic, 109, 110 Cantonese language, 24–25 caste system, Nuosu, 107–8, 130, 168– 69, 260, 281 Catholic Church, 64–65, 66, 237, 238 censuses, 104, 139–40, 151–53, 160, 171 Central Intelligence Agency, 296 Central Nationalities Institute, 53, 80; Bamo Ayi as student at, 9–12; ethnic relations at, 9–11 Chagnon, Napoleon, 295 Changma Village, 104 Chengdu, 56, 60–61, 103, 163 childhood: of Bamo Ayi, 5–8; of Ma Lunzy, 13–21...