| Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China |
| [Dedication] |
| CONTENTS |
| TABLES, MAPS, AND FIGURES |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
 | Introduction |
 | 1. The Yi in History |
| 1. Reconstructing Yi History from Yi Records |
| 2. Nzymo as Seen in Some Yi Classical Books |
| 2. Nuosu Society in Liangshan |
| 3. A Comparative Approach to Lineages among the Xiao Liangshan Nuosu and Han |
| 4. Preferential Bilateral-Cross-Cousin Marriage among the Nuosu in Liangshan |
| 5. Names and Genealogies among the Nuosu of Liangshan |
| 6. Homicide and Homicide Cases in Old Liangshan |
| 7. Searching for the Heroic Age of the Yi People of Liangshan |
| 8. On the Nature and Transmission of Bimo Knowledge in Liangshan |
| • | BIMO AND THEIR PLACE IN SOCIETY |
| SUCCESSION TO BIMO STATUS |
| THE CONTENT OF BIMO EDUCATION |
| • | PEDAGOGY |
| 3. Yi Society in Yunnan |
| 9. The Cold Funeral of the Nisu Yi |
| 10. A Valley-House: Remembering a Yi Headmanship |
| 11. Native Place and Ethnic Relations in Lunan Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan |
| 4. The Yi Today |
| 12. Language Policy for the Yi |
| 13. Nationalities Conflict and Ethnicity in the People's Republic of China, with Special Reference to the Yi in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture |
| 14. Education and Ethnicity among the Liangshan Yi |
| 15. Nuosu Women's Economic Role in Ninglang, Yunnan, under the Reforms |
| 16. The Yi Health Care System in Liangshan and Chuxiong |
| REFERENCES |
| CONTRIBUTORS |
| INDEX |