In this innovative study, Erica Fox Brindley examines how, during the period 400 BCE-50 CE, Chinese states and an embryonic Chinese empire interacted with peoples referred to as the Yue/Viet along its southern frontier. Brindley provides an overview of current theories in archaeology and linguistics concerning the peoples of the ancient southern frontier of China, the closest relations on the mainland to certain later Southeast Asian and Polynesian peoples. Through analysis of warring states and early Han textual sources, she shows how representations of Chinese and Yue identity invariably fed upon, and often grew out of, a two-way process of centering the self while de-centering the other. Examining rebellions, pivotal ruling figures from various Yue states, and key moments of Yue agency, Brindley demonstrates the complexities involved in identity formation and cultural hybridization in the ancient world, and highlights the ancestry of cultures now associated with southern China and Vietnam.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9781107084780
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215772545
Product Key Features
Author
Erica Fox Brindley
Publication Name
Ancient China and the Yue: Perceptions and Identities on the Southern Frontier, C.400 Bce-50 CE
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
302 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
237mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
620g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Erica Fox Brindley
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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