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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780111303321

Autore

Shi Zhiyu <1958, >

Titolo

Negotiating ethnicity in China : citizenship as a response to the state / / Chih-yu Shih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-138-37597-7

1-134-45504-6

1-280-20203-3

0-203-21705-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 270 p. ) : ill

Collana

Routledge studies on China in transition ; ; 13

Disciplina

305.8/00951

Soggetti

Ethnicity - China

Chinese - Ethnic identity

Minorities - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: The Ethnic Economy of Citizenship: Comparison with Aboriginal Taiwan Part II: Ethnic Sensitivity: Contingent Identities Part III: Ethnic Traits: after Assimilation Part IV: Ethnic Religion: the Adaptation of Islam Part V: Ethnic Language: Educational Practices Part VI: Ethnic Schooling: Sluggish Enrollment

Sommario/riassunto

Shih's challenging study brings together the disciplines of anthropology and political science to examine how Chinese ethnic minorities are constructed by the state, and how they respond to such constructions.