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  Ralph A Litzinger, Affliated Faculty
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  Ralph A LitzingerAssociate Professor and Director, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute and Cultural Anthropology

Office Location:  208 Friedl Building
Office Phone:  (919) 681-6250
Email Address:  send me a message

Teaching (Spring 2012):

  • Housecs 79.11, Social inequality in china Synopsis
    Keohane 4b 402 sem, Th 07:15 PM-09:00 PM
Education:

  • PhD University of Washington 1994
  • MA University of Washington 1990
  • BA Evergreen State College 1985

Specialties:

Globalization
Transnationalism
Nationalism
Ethnicity
Social Movements
Migration
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. "Afterword: Beyond the Corporate Leninist Box." Privatizing China: Socialism from Afar  (Accepted, 2008).
  3. R.A. Litzinger. "The Mobilization of Nature: Perspectives from Northwest Yunnan." China Quarterly :178 (Spring, 2004).
  4. Ralph Litzinger. "“Contested Sovereignties and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund”." Political And Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR) 29:1 (2006).
  5. R.A. Litzinger. "In Search of the Grassroots: Hydroelectric Schemes in Northwest Yunnan." Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China  (April, Accepted, April, 2007).