In the Name of Modernization: How has the Concept of “Family” been Reshaped among Evenki Hunters under the State Power of China?

• Published in: Translocal Chinese: East Asian Perspectives
• Main Authors: Yu, Hsin-lun, Bao, Yinghua
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Brill 2019
• Subjects: Sociology and Political Science; Anthropology; History; Geography, Planning and Development; Cultural Studies; Evenki
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24522015-01301005; https://brill.com/view/journals/tcea/13/1/article-p82_82.xml; https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/tcea/13/1/article-p82_82.xml

This paper investigates the ways in which the concept of “family” was reshaped, during the process of modern capitalization, among Evenki hunters under the state power of China from the seventeenth century onward. By doing so, it attempts to illustrate two things: one is to depict the trajectory how...