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The Study On The Localization Process Of Wei-suo Immigration

Posted on:2011-01-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B L LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167330338485125Subject:Ethnology
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Observing on Zhushatun Village in southwest Hebei province, this thesis attempts to analysis the relation between Wei-suo immigration and Tujia, culture and communication among Wei-suo immigration and Tujia in the community, to demonstrate the interaction among different ethnic groups, acculturation and social change on the specific region, and finally to provide an opportunity to conceal the representation and inter-mechanic of Wei-suo immigration localization, under the background of multi politics and culture structure. Sort out and analyze the community's cultural contacts and exchanges between the history and reality,The paper is composed of four chapters. The introduction is about the purpose and significance of study, theoretical review and reviews of others research. Chapters II to Chapter VII are the major parts of the paper. They are focused on the research and study of Wei-suo immigration base on the immigrant status, historical patterns and the localization of the background, approach, because, characterization and analysis of five studies. In fact, this paper shows a process about how to changes in immigration in the history of how the situation encountered, and how immigration status in the completion of transformation, the realization of regional identity and cultural identity, the final localization.The paper considers that Immigrant households localization on the premise that Wei-suo Corps family localization and cultural diversity of the historical characteristics of Tujia in southwest part of the Hebei province. Although the directly motivation come from Wei-suo system of changing, the power of administration and local society and the needs of ethnic exert agreed influence.In this paper, the sense of Wei-suo immigrants reflects the localization of the Tujia ethnic identity: the opposite situation comes about with computably character of race source foundation; the cultural identity is the important constitute of ethnic identity, also is the origin which nationality boundary formed. Therefore, the paper thinks that there are two main reason above as follow:1) In Zhushatun Village there are some culture customs which are consistent in Tujia nationality and in holiday custom and folk belief and so on are prominent and the Zhushatun village was recognized as Tujia in the courses of ethnic identity.2)Psychological approval and historical memory are also remarkable characteristics of ethnicity, and seeming from extend and deepen the less, the more important rose ethnicity plays in ethnic identity,; conversely, the more impotent rose the culture character plays at the same time winkling tendency bring out.
Keywords/Search Tags:Wei-suo immgration, Ethnic identity, Culture change, Clans, Localization
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