03947nam 2200709 450 991045346330332120200520144314.090-04-25797-710.1163/9789004257979(CKB)2550000001153663(EBL)1474951(OCoLC)861081462(SSID)ssj0001002532(PQKBManifestationID)11592657(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002532(PQKBWorkID)11016496(PQKB)10995348(MiAaPQ)EBC1474951(nllekb)BRILL9789004257979(Au-PeEL)EBL1474951(CaPaEBR)ebr10783396(CaONFJC)MIL530158(OCoLC)862144069(PPN)184916402(EXLCZ)99255000000115366320131105d2014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccr'Tibetanness' under threat? neo-integrationism, minority education and career strategies in Qinghai, P. R. China /by Adrian ZenzLeiden, Netherlands :Global Oriental,2014.©20141 online resource (357 p.)Inner Asia Book Series ;Volume 9Description based upon print version of record.90-04-25796-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Tibetans in Qinghai Province: An Analysis of Recent Developments -- ‘Harmonious’ Solutions to the Nationalities Question -- Beyond Assimilation: The Tibetanisation of Tibetan Education in Qinghai -- The Structural Dynamics of Finding ‘Adequate’ Employment in Marketised Times -- Language, Career and ‘Helping My People’: Students’ Education and Employment Strategies -- Authenticity, Hybridity and ‘In-Betweenness’: ‘Tibetanness’ Between Danger and Doubt -- Between Development and ‘Backwardness’: The Struggle for ‘Modern Tibetanness’ -- Conclusions: Marketisation and the ‘End-of-Tibetanness’? -- Appendix A – Acronyms -- Appendix B – Yearbook Data -- Bibliography -- Index.In 'Tibetanness' Under Threat? , Adrian Zenz pioneers an analysis of significant recent developments in Qinghai's Tibetan education system. Presently, Tibetan students can receive native language education from primary to tertiary levels, while university minority departments offer Tibetan-medium majors from computer science to secretarial studies. However, positive developments are threatened by the dire career prospects of Tibetan-medium graduates. Tibetans view marketisation as the greatest threat to ethnocultural survival, with their young generation being lured into a Chinese education by superior employment prospects. But Zenz questions the easy equation of Tibetan education as 'unselfish' ethnic preservation versus the Chinese route as egocentric careerism, arguing that the creative educational strategies of Tibetans in the Chinese education system are important for exploring and expressing new forms of 'Tibetanness' in modern China.Inner Asia book series ;no. 9.TibetansChinaQinghai ShengTibetansEducation (Higher)ChinaQinghai ShengTibetansCultural assimilationChinaQinghai ShengNationalismChinaQinghai ShengCultural pluralismChinaQinghai ShengElectronic books.TibetansTibetansEducation (Higher)TibetansCultural assimilationNationalismCultural pluralism305.895/4105147Zenz Adrian876648MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453463303321Tibetanness' under threat1957509UNINA