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Symbols and Identity: A Study on the Cultural Politics and Ethnic Integration of the Names of the Tusi in Qiannan

Pan Chen

Abstract


In the names of the Tusi in Qiannan, the character "fan" indicates the cognitive framework of "the distinction between Chinese and
foreigners". The names of the Tusi carry the dual construction of family power and local identity, and the refinement of the names reflects the
re-encoding of the local space by the political discourse of the dynasty. From "Chengfan" to "Dingfan" and then to "Huishui", from "Jinzhu"
to "Guangshun", the transformation of place name symbols is not only a spatial record of ethnic interaction, but also a symbolic carrier of cultural identity and a historical witness of ethnic integration.

Keywords


Qiannan; Tusi place names; Cultural politics; National identity; Symbolic transmutation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/rcha.v4i7.10104

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