小凉山的俘虏、亲属和奴隶

20世纪50年代集体化改革之前小凉山奴隶制度特有的社会经济进程表明,诺苏社会曾是一个拥有奴隶的社会,但它并不是奴隶社会。该结论基于其他关于奴隶制研究中的传统观念即在奴隶社会中奴隶制是体系得以维持的关键所在。1956年之前,小凉山的生产目的是生计而不是市场。此外,小凉山的精英阶层更依赖于系谱或继嗣,而不是财富;另一个相关论点是,在诺苏身份和认同的决定中,亲属比等级发挥了更为基础的作用。

The Captives,Relatives and Slaves of Xiao Liangshan

The social and economic processes characterizing of slavery in Xiao Liangshan before the collectivization reforms of the 1950s indicate that while the Nuosu were a society with slaves, they were not a slave society. This conclusion is based on the conventional idea found in studies of slavery elsewhere that a slave society was one in which slavery was essential to the maintenance of the system. In Xiao Liangshan society before 1956, production was primarily for subsistence, rather than for the market. Furthermore, elite status in Xiao Liangshan was far more dependent on genealogy, or descent, than wealth. A related argument is that kinship was more fundamental than caste in determining status and identity among the Nuosu.