@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:02005443,
 author = {Huang, Jie},
 journal = {名古屋大学人文学研究論集, The Journal of Humanities, Nagoya University},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The language used for describing the ethnic culture and societies in Southern China and the aim of creating a unified expression for ethnic groups have limited the understanding of Chinese ethnic culture’s diversity. This study aims to reevaluate ethnic culture through an examination of native folk concepts, rather than the national level administrative divisions, using the case of the Kam people. Kam intellectuals constructed their own ethnic history using a type of covenant that came from Chinese materials, while the local people hold a different sense of their living space, such as through the river and the river basin, called senl in the Kam language. Particularly, this study aims to reconsider the Kam society by focusing on the folk concept of senl. By analyzing the literature and the data collected from the field investigations in the neighboring area of Guangxi and Hunan, this study explores the diverse meanings of senl from the collective memory of local Kam people in various contexts, such as regional history and stories, geographical space, myth texts, folk beliefs, and intermarriage.},
 pages = {369--387},
 title = {Concept of Senl in the River Basin Society of the Kam People in Guangxi and Hunan, China},
 volume = {6},
 year = {2023}
}