| Negotiating Ethnicity in China: Citizenship as a Response to the State Contributor(s): Shih, Chih-Yu (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415283728 ISBN-13: 9780415283724 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: This challenging study brings together anthropology and political science to examine how ethnic minorities are constructed by the state, and how they respond to such constructions. Disclosing endless mini negotiations between those acting in the name of the Chinese state and those carrying the images of ethnic minority, this book provides an image of the framing of ethnicity by modern state building processes. It will be of vital interest to scholars of political science, anthropology and sociology, and is essential reading to those engaged in studying Chinese society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | World - General |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2002021330 |
| Lexile Measure: 1280 |
| Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.78" W x 8.86" (0.76 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This challenging study brings together anthropology and political science to examine how ethnic minorities are constructed by the state, and how they respond to such constructions. Disclosing endless mini negotiations between those acting in the name of the Chinese state and those carrying the images of ethnic minority, this book provides an image of the framing of ethnicity by modern state building processes. It will be of vital interest to scholars of political science, anthropology and sociology, and is essential reading to those engaged in studying Chinese society. |