Ethnic Interaction And Ethnic Identity: An Et Hnography Of Multi-Ethnic Communities

Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture in Wuling national corridor northeast, is the great development of the west region, National Geographic second steps to the transition zone, the third steps of many nationalities, and staggered, complicated ethnic relations.When the market economy began to rapid depth when the west ethnic regions vast,enormous changes with the society the transformation of the place quietly in the ethnic regions. This paper takes Xiangxi united multi-ethnic village community as an example, from the language, social customs, social governance, kinship, ethnic intermarriage, ethnic stratification and other aspects discussed the conditions of local ethnic relations. This study thinks that the interaction between ethnic groups, the unity of the village at the language level is in full swing, are adapted from language independent space to the common language space. Interactive social customs are increasingly broad implementation of national and local Of mutually melt,intermarriage enable ethnic interaction more deeply, extends the survival space of different ethnic groups, various social forces intersection in the country. The village social harmony and stability, all ethnic groups in political, economic, cultural differences in narrowing, common in the increased. Interaction between ethnic groups in the breadth and depth are in strengthening, common interests increased, groups of ethnic consciousness along with the deepening of the ethnic group interaction and more tendency of regional identity, as well as to national identity, all this has an interest in harmonious ethnic relations for the establishment and maintenance of,conducive to social stability and national unity of mixed ethnic village community.The first chapter is the introduction, briefly introduces the research background,literature review, research methods and innovation of the field survey. The second chapter analyzes the language use of the unity of the village groups using the language structure, and is how to expand the language interaction, analyzes and conversion from language independent space to public space language. In the third chapter, from the edge to catch, catch the autumn festival, festivals, festivals and othersocial customs from the specific level of interaction between ethnic groups, including national and local interaction. The fourth chapter from the perspective of the interaction of intermarriage between ethnic groups. With the widespread and popular ethnic intermarriage, ethnic groups to expand the living space, exacerbated by the expansion of different ethnic groups between the deeper level of interaction. The fifth chapter discusses how the strength of many kinds of intersection into the village from the social governance structure Fall between ethnic groups, as well as the interaction between ethnic groups of the influence, that all the power has its function, constitute a confluence system, the social structure of the ethnic groups remained stable,exacerbated by the interaction between ethnic groups. The sixth chapter discusses the influence factors of inter ethnic interaction from population stratification, think of all ethnic groups in the political, economic, cultural diversity is gradually narrowing,common is increasing. The seventh chapter, the theory of sublimation, thinking of the unity of the village Ethnology in ethnic relations, the Chinese nationality multielement integration pattern to make the theory response, as well as from ethnic identity, regional identity to national identity and the sublimation of the theory the induction, with the deepening of ethnic group interaction and broaden common interests in different ethnic groups, enhanced regional and national identity has been strengthened and conducive to the establishment of harmonious ethnic relations.