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Title:

Representing power in modern Inner Asia : conventions, alternatives and oppositions / edited by Isabelle Charleux ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Center for East Asian StudiesWestern Washington University,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvi, 357 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Mongolia--Politics and government--20th century--Congresses.
Rites and ceremonies--Asia, Central--Congresses.
Religion and state--Asia, Central--Congresses.
Inner Mongolia (China)--Politics and government--Congresses.
Kyrgyzstan--Politics and government--Congresses.
Power (Social sciences)--Asia, Central--History--Congresses.
Symbolism in politics--Asia, Central--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Charleux, Isabelle.
Centre d'études mongoles et sibériennes (Paris, France)

Notes:

"This symposium was held in Paris in March 23-25, 2006. It was organized by the Centre d'études mongoles et sibériennes of the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) "--P. 1. Includes bibliographical references and index. Correct series numbering from cataloging data on title page verso.

Contents:

Preface / Peter B. Golden -- Representing power in modern Inner Asia : conventions, alternatives and opposition : introduction / Isabelle Charleux, Grégory Delaplace, Roberte Hamayon -- Major state rituals and the reinvention of tradition in contemporary Mongolia part I. Two aspects of the state cult in contemporary Mongolia : the sacrifice to the mountains and the cult of the standards / Sedenjav Dulam -- Major state rituals and the reinvention of tradition in contemporary Mongolia part II. Quelques pistes de réflexions à partir du texte de Sedenjav Dulam / Isabelle Bianquis -- 'Tengrism' in Kyrgyzstan : in search of new religious and political legitimacy / Aurélie Biard and Marlène Laruelle -- Marshal Choibalsan's 'second funeral' / Grégory Delaplace -- President Sambuu's 1972 funeral : a living testimony / Françoise Aubin -- Enclosing for growth : including or excluding people from land in North-east Mongolia / Rebecca Empson -- The joint making of illusion and disillusion : Chinggis Khan on a Buryat calendar / Roberte N. Hamayon -- The ruler and the lama : political and religious relations in the Urad West Duke Banner in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Caroline Humphrey -- A power play among the Kyrgyz : state versus descent / Svetlana Jacquesson -- The virtual temple : the power of relics in Darhad Mongolian Buddhism / Morten Axel Pedersen -- How nomadic societies perceive temselves in Mongolia and Mali : a comparative perspective / Linda Gardelle -- Experiencing twentieth century architecture and urbanity in Mongolia : an analysis of Ulaanbaatar's buildings through state-owned images and personal narratives / Ai Maekawa -- State custom and governance, tör yos and tör within Mongol clans / Rodica Popp -- Reconstructing the memory of an Inner Mongolian national hero : the case of Injannashi and his family monastery / Ü. Hürelbaatar and David Sneath.

Series:

Studies on East Asia ; v. 30 [i.e. 31]

ISBN:

0914584324
9780914584322

OCLC:

(OCoLC)694771705

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)