Chieftains into Ancestors describes the intersection of imperial administration and chieftain-dominated local culture in the culturally diverse southwestern region of China. Contemplating the rhetorical question of how one can begin to rewrite the story of a conquered people whose past was never transcribed in the first place; the authors combine anthropological fieldwork with historical textual analysis to build a new regional history.
#773111 in Books Destiny Image Publishers 2012-04-17Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .50 x 6.00l; .55 #File Name: 0768441161192 pages
Review
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. an unexpected review of an unsolicited bookBy L. PerlesThis is a book with a happy smiling Korean in the front cover who happens to be born somewhere in the middle east. His name is Faisal and he claims to have been touched by god. OK; many people try to cope with their grievances by writing books; poems or songs; but if you've touched by someone you should probably file a police report first. Just saying; it's more objective.Upon opening the book you notice 5 chapters; one for every Muslin touched by god. Interesting enough Faisal; the author of the book; did not include his own personal story. Just used the ones provided by the other authors not properly credit in the front cover. To be fair; they've wrote way more than Faisal and should be given credit in the front cover.Akef Tayern; the author of the first chapter had an "incurable" tumor in his leg "cured" with massages with olive oil. The author said he would nee to amputate his leg to avoid it spread to the rest of his body; but I wonder what sort of pathology would that be. Sarcoma? Leiomyosarcoma? No pathology was reported; but sure it was a malignant tumor that required a leg amputation. I skipped Akef chapter because he wasn't very precise with timelines and pathology.Next comes Jaafar Attaran; who had a dream. He was in the ocean. Well; I don't what Freud's interpretation for water is but I have had some crazy dreams myself. Once I dreamed a spaceship was flying above my house and I was on the roof trying to make some contact. Soon I woke up with sound of choppers flying around my house searching for a burglar or something. Thus; if you dreamed of being in an ocean I would think someone is actually peeing on you.Moving on; I am getting bored and decided to jump to a random page. I find myself in the chapter written by Cemil and Isil Akbulut. On page 59 Isil had a vision of Jesus and Cemil later on heard Jesus voice. OK; you are not the first ones on this. But you guys should get checked with a medical doctor; just saying.Well; I think I saw enough. Just skipping to the conclusions; our hero Faisal gets back to wrap up with his own view of god and Jesus dying the cross. Did they tell you he resurrected after 3 days. Not bad; but you guys should check Lord of the Rings trilogy. Gandalf is bad ass.Well; it is getting late and this book will not shred itself no matter how hard I pray. Hence; I better start working on it because recycling collector is coming tomorrow early morning.9 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Hateful and Hurtful to Muslims ChristiansBy ZZWow. This book is wrong about Islam in practically every single way. Not only is it badly written; offensive and stupid but it's full of out-dated offensive cliches as well as out and out LIES. It's clear that the author has no real concept of Islam what-so-ever. The "Muslims" in this book could be compared to a finger wringing; cackling; Inquistor who suddenly hears a voice mid-torture and becomes a Buddhist. That's how off the mark he is in his descriptions of Muslims and their behavior. The Muslims in this book could be compared to Jaws or Hannibal. In NO WAY do they reflect the average Muslims.I feel bad for the Muslims confronted with this piece of book but I feel just as bad for Christians. Christianity is a peaceful region promoting tolerance and love. That Malick should appeal to Islamaphobes and idiots to promote Christianity; is sad.8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. PropagandaBy Duston B.Horrid piece of propoganda. I was raised in the Evangelical Christian south. I recognize the patterns of writing from other evangelical propaganda pieces that I read decades ago as a teenager.This book is a combination of lies; propagating a complete falsehood. The author himself is a liar and was never Muslim; his history exposes his falsehood along with the other fake ex-Muslims propped up in this multi-million dollar anti-Muslim industry that's popped up in the last 20 years.Do yourself a favor: Don't buy it.If you want to know about Muslims then go to your local mosque. If you need help finding one then go to salatomatic.com and it'll show you anywhere in the world.
