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  Ralph A Litzinger, Affiliated Faculty
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  Ralph A LitzingerOn leave Fall 2006, and Director, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Director of Graduate Studies Spring 2007

Office Location:  113 Soc Sci Bldg
Office Phone:  +1 919 681 6250
Email Address:  send me a message

Teaching (Summer2 2008):

  • Culanth 104.01, Anthropology and film
    Social sciences 124, MTuWThF 09:30 AM-10:45 AM
  • Culanth 121.01, Culture/politics-china
    Social sciences 228, MTuWThF 12:30 PM-01:45 PM
Education:

  • Ph.D. University of Washington 1994
  • M.A. University of Washington 1990
  • B.A. Evergreen State College 1985

Specialties:

Globalization
Transnationalism
Nationalism
Ethnicity
Mass Culture
Post Colonialism
Asia
Research Interests:

Ralph Litzinger, PH.D. University of Washington, 1994, does research on minority politics in the People's Republic of China. He has written on Marxist theory in nationality policy in socialist states, ethnic and indigenous revitalization in the post-Cold War global order, and on ethnographic film, photography, and popular culture. He is the author of Other Chinas: the Yao and the Politics of National Belonging and numerous essays in anthropology, cultural studies, and East Asian studies journals. He is currently doing research on the politics of nature, non-governmental organizations, and global environmentalism in northeastern Yunnan and Eastern Tibet.

Curriculum Vitae
Representative Publications   (More Publications)
  1. R.A. Litzinger. Other Chinas: The Yao and the Politics of National Belonging.  Duke University Press, 2000.  [abs]
  2. Ralph Litzinger. "“Contested Sovereignties and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund”." Political And Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR) 29:1 (2006).
  3. R.A. Litzinger. "The Mobilization of Nature: Perspectives from Northwest Yunnan." China Quarterly :178 (Spring, 2004).
  4. R.A. Litzinger. "“Damming the Angry River”." China Review 30:Autumn (2004): 30-34. [htm]
  5. R.A. Litzinger. ""Theorizing Post-socialism: Reflections on the Politics of Marginality in Contemporary China"."  special issue on "The Vicissitudes of Theory" South Atlantic Quarterly  (Spring, 2002).
  6. R.A. Litzinger. ""Government from Below: The State, the Popular, and the Illusion of Autonomy"." Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique 9:1 (Spring, 2001): 251-264.
  7. R.A. Litzinger. "Screening the Political: Pedagogy and Dissent in The Gate of Heavenly Peace." Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique 7:3 (2001): 827-850.
  8. R.A. Litzinger. "Questions of Gender: Ethnic Minority Representation in Post-Mao China." Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 32:4 (2001): 3-14.
  9. R.A. Litzinger. "Memory Work: Reconstituting the Ethnic in Post-Mao China." Cultural Anthropology 13:2 (2001): 224-255.
  10. R.A. Litzinger. ""Tradition and the Gender of Civility"." Chinese Feminities/Chinese Masculinities: An Introductory Reader. Edited by Susan Brownell and Jeffrey Wasserstrom. Spring, 2001.
  11. R.A. Litzinger. ""Re-imagining the State in Post-Mao China"." Cultures of Insecurity: States, Communities, and Production of Danger. Edited by Jutta Weldes, Mark Laffey, Hugh Gusterson, and Raymond Duvall. 1999: 293-318.