Communist Multiculturalism Ethnic Revival in Southwest China

Name: Communist Multiculturalism Ethnic Revival in Southwest China
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ISBN: 9780295989099

ISBN-10: 0295989092

ISBN-13: 9780295989099

Edition: 2009

Authors: Susan McCarthy, Stevan Harrell

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The communist Chinese state promotes the distinctiveness of the many minorities within its borders. At the same time, it is vigilant in suppressing groups that threaten the nation's unity or its modernizing goals. InCommunist Multiculturalism, Susan K. McCarthy examines three minority groups in the province of Yunnan, focusing on the ways in which they have adapted to the government's nation-building and minority nationalities policies since the 1980s. She reveals that Chinese government policy is shaped by perceptions of what constitutes an authentic cultural group and of the threat ethnic minorities may constitute to national interests. These minority groups fit no clear categories but…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 10/27/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Susan McCarthy is co-author (with Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson) of the New York Times bestseller When Elephants Weep . She holds degrees in biology and journalism, writes regularly for Salon.com, and has contributed to Best American Science Writing . She lives in San Francisco.



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Culture, The Nation, and Chinese Minority Identity



The Dai, Bai, and Hui in Historical Perspective



Dharma and Development Among the Xishuangbanna Dai



The Bai and the Tradition of Modernity



Authenticity, Identity, and Tradition Among the Hui


Conclusion


Chinese Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index