Red stamps and gold stars: fieldwork dilemmas in upland socialist Asia

Dilemmas and detours : fieldwork with ethnic minorities in upland southwest China, Vietnam and Laos / Sarah Turner -- Comrades of minority policy in China, Vietnam, and Laos / Jean Michaud -- Blunders in the field : an ethnographic situation among the Drung people in southwest China / Stéphane Gros -- Gifts and debts : the morality of fieldwork in the Wa lands on the China-Burma frontier / Magnus Fiskejö -- The fun and games of taking children to the field in Guizhou, China / Candice Cornet -- Socialist rules and postwar policies : reflections on nationality and fieldwork among the Yao in northern Vietnam / Jennifer Sowerwine -- Doing fieldwork and making friends in upland northern Vietnam : entanglements of the professional, personal, and political / Christine Bonnin -- The backstage of ethnograhy as ethnography of the state : coping with officials in the Lao People's Democratic Republic / Pierre Petit -- Marginality in the margins : serendipity, gatekeeps, and gendered positionalities in fieldwork among the Khmu in northern Laos / Karen McAllister -- Field research on the margins of China and Thailand / Janet C. Sturgeon -- Easier or exile? : comparative observations on doing research among Tibetans in Lhasa and Dharamsala / Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy -- The silenced research assistant speaks her mind / Sarah Turner -- Between engagement and abuse : reflections on the "field" of anthropology and the power of ethnography / Oscar Salemink -- Textual desert-emotional oasis : an unconventional confessional dialogue on field experience/ Stevan Harrell and Li Xingxing -- Red stamps and gold stars on the margin / Sarah Turner.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 Heading to the Field -- 1 Dilemmas and Detours: Fieldwork with Ethnic Minorities in Upland Southwest China, Vietnam, and Laos -- 2 Comrades of Minority Policy in China, Vietnam, and Laos -- Part 2 Red Stamps and Gold Stars -- 3 Blunders in the Field: An Ethnographic Situation among the Drung People in Southwest China -- 4 Gifts and Debts: The Morality of Fieldwork in the Wa Lands on the China-Burma Frontier -- 5 The Fun and Games of Taking Children to the Field in Guizhou, China -- 6 Socialist Rules and Postwar Politics: Reflections on Nationality and Fieldwork among the Yao in Northern Vietnam -- 7 Doing Fieldwork and Making Friends in Upland Northern Vietnam: Entanglements of the Professional, Personal, and Political -- 8 The Backstage of Ethnography as Ethnography of the State: Coping with Officials in the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 9 Marginality in the Margins: Serendipity, Gatekeepers, and Gendered Positionalities in Fieldwork among the Khmu in Northern Laos -- 10 Field Research on the Margins of China and Thailand -- 11 Easier in Exile? Comparative Observations on Doing Research among Tibetans in Lhasa and Dharamsala -- 12 The Silenced Research Assistant Speaks Her Mind -- Part 3 Post-Fieldwork -- 13 Between Engagement and Abuse: Reflections on the "Field" of Anthropology and the Power of Ethnography -- 14 Textual Desert - Emotional Oasis: An Unconventional Confessional Dialogue on Field Experience -- 15 Red Stamps and Gold Stars on the Margins -- Contributors -- Index.