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Historical continuities and changes in the ethnic politics of Hmong-Miao millenarianism
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Rumsby, Seb (2022) Historical continuities and changes in the ethnic politics of Hmong-Miao millenarianism. Asian Studies Review, 46 (2). pp. 234-253. doi:10.1080/10357823.2021.1948969 ISSN 1035-7823.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2021.1948969
Abstract
Millenarian movements used to be regarded as native reactions to enormous social disruptions caused by colonial intrusion, doomed to failure and at best a step on the way to more “modern” forms of collective social resistance. In fact, they have both pre-dated and outlasted colonialism, featuring in ethnic politics across Asia and beyond to this day. Nevertheless, its encounter with modernity has not left millenarianism unchanged, as is shown in this article’s historical case study. A comprehensive timeline and mapping of past and present Hmong-Miao millenarian activity highlights several enduring features including a context of economic and political crisis, their transnational nature, the prevalence of manipulation and/or coercion, and specific cultural symbols within supernatural predictions. Equally important are the historical developments, from pan-ethnic to mono-ethnic and from violent to peaceful (but still threatening to political and religious authorities), reflecting historical trends of ethnicisation and territorialisation. The mechanics of such reproductions and transformations are then unpacked, before the Hmong-Miao experience is compared with millenarian activity from other groups of upland Southeast Asia. Millenarianism continues to play a role in voicing social discontent, challenging power structures and moulding ethnic relations, but needs to be examined and understood within evolving socio-political contexts.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BT Doctrinal Theology D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Hmong (Asian people) -- Vietnam , Hmong (Asian people) -- Vietnam -- Political activity , Millennialism -- Vietnam, Protest movements -- Vietnam | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Asian Studies Review | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1035-7823 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 46 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 234-253 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/10357823.2021.1948969 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Asian Studies Review on 21/07/2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10357823.2021.1948969 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 November 2020 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 January 2023 | ||||||||
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