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Ethnic identity in Tang China / / Marc S. Abramson



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Autore: Abramson Marc Samuel <1969-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ethnic identity in Tang China / / Marc S. Abramson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
Disciplina: 305.800951/09021
Soggetto topico: Ethnology - China
Soggetto geografico: China Ethnic relations
China History Tang dynasty, 618-907
Soggetto non controllato: African Studies
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Folklore
Linguistics
Middle Eastern Studies
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-246) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Ethnicity in the Chinese Context -- Chapter 2. The Ambiguity of the Non-Han -- Chapter 3. Buddhism as a Foreign Religion -- Chapter 4. Deep Eyes and High Noses -- Chapter 5. The Geopolitics of Ethnicity -- Chapter 6. Varieties of Ethnic Change -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Chinese Dynasties -- Appendix B. Sui and Tang Emperors -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Sommario/riassunto: Ethnic Identity in Tang China is the first work in any language to explore comprehensively the construction of ethnicity during the dynasty that reigned over China for roughly three centuries, from 618 to 907. Often viewed as one of the most cosmopolitan regimes in China's past, the Tang had roots in Inner Asia, and its rulers continued to have complex relationships with a population that included Turks, Tibetans, Japanese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, Persians, and Arabs.Marc S. Abramson's rich portrait of this complex, multiethnic empire draws on political writings, religious texts, and other cultural artifacts, as well as comparative examples from other empires and frontiers. Abramson argues that various constituencies, ranging from Confucian elites to Buddhist monks to "barbarian" generals, sought to define ethnic boundaries for various reasons but often in part out of discomfort with the ambiguity of their own ethnic and cultural identity. The Tang court, meanwhile, alternately sought to absorb some alien populations to preserve the empire's integrity while seeking to preserve the ethnic distinctiveness of other groups whose particular skills it valued. Abramson demonstrates how the Tang era marked a key shift in definitions of China and the Chinese people, a shift that ultimately laid the foundation for the emergence of the modern Chinese nation.Ethnic Identity in Tang China sheds new light on one of the most important periods in Chinese history. It also offers broader insights on East Asian and Inner Asian history, the history of ethnicity, and the comparative history of frontiers and empires.
Titolo autorizzato: Ethnic identity in Tang China  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-88991-9
0-8122-0101-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910825063003321
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