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Synopsis
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 brings together a number of case studies on the ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society.
Table of Contents
Introduction : nation, ethnie, region, and religion as markers of identity /William Safran --State discourses, minority policies, and the politics of identity in the Lijang Naxi people's autonomous country /Sydney D. White --Han-Muslim and intra-Muslim social relations in northwestern China /Colin Mackerras --Language education, intellectuals, and symbolic representation : being an urban Mongolian in a new configuration of social evolution /Naran Bilik --Texture of tongues : languages and power in China /Arienne M. Dwyer --Preferential policies for ethnic minorities in China : the case of Xingjiang /Barry Sautman --Ethnic identity change in the People's Republic of China : an explanation using data from the 1982 and 1990 census enumerations /Matthew Hoddie --Unforgiven and remembered : the impact of ethnic conflicts in everyday Muslim-Han social relations on Hainan Island /Keng-Fong Pang --Patriotic villains and patriotic heroes : Chinese literary nationalism in the 1990s /Yingjie Guo.