Mark C. Elliott, a historian of the Qing dynasty, examines in this monograph the creation and evolution of Manchu ethnic identity under Qing rule, centered on the Eight Banners, the Manchu system of social and military organization that secured the conquest of the Ming and structured Manchu ethnic sovereignty and dominance of the imperial power structure through 1911. The book treats shamanic ritual, alongside language, dress and mounted archery, as one of the state-recognized markers of Manchu ethnic distinctiveness the Qing court worked to define and preserve. Published by Stanford University Press, it is the standard English language institutional study of the Manchu banner system and Manchu identity in late imperial China.
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Mark C. Elliott's The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China, published by Stanford University Press in 2001, the top tier reflecting a peer reviewed academic monograph by a historian of the Qing dynasty and the standard English language institutional study of the Manchu banner system. Its treatment of shamanic ritual as a state-recognized marker of Manchu ethnic distinctiveness is part of a broader argument about identity construction under Qing rule, so a claim about the ritual practice itself in isolation benefits from a source focused specifically on Manchu shamanism. NotesStandard institutional study of the Manchu Eight Banners and Qing-era ethnic identity, in which shamanic ritual is documented as one recognized marker of Manchu distinctiveness. Use for established facts about Manchu ethnic identity and its state-recognized religious practice; not a dedicated ritual manual.
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AuthorMark C. Elliott
PublisherStanford University Press
Publication Year2001
Source Typeacademic monograph
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