The Li, indigenous people of Hainan Island, have retained a strong identity organized around performance of traditional rites and customs, despite a 2,000-year relationship with the Chinese. But with the growth of state power and accelerating economic development, Li distinctiveness is weakening. © 1997, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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Netting, N. S. (1997). The deer turned her head: Ethnic options for the Hainan Li. Critical Asian Studies, 29(2), 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.1997.10409687
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