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Cultural Anthropology and Director, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
| Office Location: | 208 Friedl Building | | Office Phone: | (919) 681-6250 | | Email Address: | 
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Education:
- Ph.D. University of Washington 1994
- M.A. University of Washington 1990
- B.A. Evergreen State College 1985
- Specialties:
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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)
- R.A. Litzinger. Other Chinas: The Yao and the Politics of National Belonging. Duke University Press,
2000. [abs]
- Ralph Litzinger. "“Contested Sovereignties and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund”." Political And Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR) 29:1 (2006).
- R.A. Litzinger. "The Mobilization of Nature: Perspectives from Northwest Yunnan." China Quarterly :178 (Spring,
2004).
- R.A. Litzinger. "“Damming the Angry River”." China Review 30:Autumn (2004): 30-34. [htm]
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- R.A. Litzinger. "Questions of Gender: Ethnic Minority Representation in Post-Mao China." Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 32:4 (2001): 3-14.
- R.A. Litzinger. "Memory Work: Reconstituting the Ethnic in Post-Mao China." Cultural Anthropology 13:2 (2001): 224-255.
- 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.
- 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.
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