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Traditional garments of ethnic minorities in China displayed in the Shanghai Museum. Gladney (1994) argues that ethnic minorities are ‘marked’, such as here in exotic dress, whereas the Han are ‘unmarked’ through either modern dress or, as here, not displayed as they are the majority.

Traditional garments of ethnic minorities in China displayed in the Shanghai Museum. Gladney (1994) argues that ethnic minorities are ‘marked’, such as here in exotic dress, whereas the Han are ‘unmarked’ through either modern dress or, as here, not displayed as they are the majority.