Foreword by Stevan Harrell 

Preface and Acknowledgments 

Maps

Introduction

1. Setting Foot in the Queen's Land 

2. Masculine and Feminine Internal Others in China 

3. From the Valley of Beauties to the Eastern Queendom

4. The Queendom and Grassroots Politics 

5. The Moluo Tourism Association: How Far to Go?

Conclusion 

Notes

Glossary 

Bibliography 

Index

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804842

The story underlying this ethnography began with the recent discovery and commercialization of the remnant of an ancient ?queendom? on the Sichuan-Tibet border. Recorded in classical Chinese texts, this legendary matriarchal domain has attracted not only tourists but the vigilance of the Chinese state. Tenzin Jinba's research examines the consequences of development of the queendom label for local ethnic, gender, and political identities and for state-society relations.