Nationalism and Ethnoregional Identities in China

ISBN-13: 9780714649214 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 208 str.

William Safran

Opis

Most western political scientists have tended to neglect the ethnic dimension in China, and have overemphasized the development from large empire to unified nation. This book attempts to repair this neglect, by bringing together a number of case studies on the ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society. Most of the contributors to this study use largely Chinese-language sources. Five are social anthropologists, and three (in addition to the editor) are political scientists. They provide in-depth analyses of Han relations with Mongolians and Muslims; the relations between the national government and selected provinces, especially after the Cultural revolution; the majority-minority interactions within provinces and the tensions within minority communities; the conflict between nationalism and Marxism and its impact on policies of culture and language; and attempts to balance the pressures for the legitimization of cultural diversity and for affirmative action with the imperatives of political unity.

Recenzje

'Well investigated ... stimulating analyses ... a helpful introduction, especially for students starting out in the field of minority studies in China and the comparative aspects of ethnic issues.' - China Information

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: Nation, Ethnie, Region, and Religion as Markers of Identity, William Safran; Chapter 2 State Discourses, Minority Policies, and the Politics of Identity in the Lijiang Naxi People's Autonomous County, SYDNEY D. WHITE; Chapter 3 Han–Muslim and Intra-Muslim Social Relations in Northwestern China, COLIN MACKERRAS; Chapter 4 Language Education, Intellectuals and Symbolic Representation: Being an Urban Mongolian in a New Configuration of Social Evolution, NARAN BILIK; Chapter 5 The Texture of Tongues: Languages and Power in China, ARIENNE M. DWYER; Chapter 6 Preferential Policies for Ethnic Minorities in China: The Case of Xinjiang, BARRY SAUTMAN; Chapter 7 Ethnic Identity Change in the People's Republic of China: An Explanation Using Data from the 1982 and 1990 Census Enumerations, MATTHEW HODDIE; Chapter 8 Unforgiven and Remembered: The Impact of Ethnic Conflicts in Everyday Muslim–Han Social Relations on Hainan Island, KENG-FONG PANG; Chapter 9 Patriotic Viliams and Patriotic Heroes: Chinese Literary Nationalism in the 1990s, YINGJIE GUO;

O autorze

William Safran University of Colorado, Boulder