China off Center Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom

Name: China off Center Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom
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ISBN: 9780824825775

ISBN-10: 0824825772

ISBN-13: 9780824825775

Edition: 2002

Authors: Susan D. Blum, Lionel M. Jensen, Prasenjit Duara

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List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 9/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.90" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.496



Foreword: Sovereignty and Citizenship in a Decentered China



Preface



Acknowledgments



Introduction: Reconsidering the Middle Kingdom




The Center and the Noncenter



How Much of China Is Ruled by Beijing?




Symbols of Southern Identity: Rivaling Unitary Nationalism




The Languages of China




Geographic Margins


Northwest



Chinese Turkestan: Xinjiang




Ethnoreligious Resurgence in a Northwestern Sufi Community



Southwest and the Diaspora



Town and Village Naxi Identities in the Lijiang Basin




Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity in Kunming




The Construction of Chinese and Non-Chinese Identities



South and Southeast



The Secret History of the Hakkas: The Chinese Revolution as a Hakka Enterprise




Social and Cultural Margins


Sexuality



Sexual Behavior in Modern China




The Cut Sleeve Revisited: A Contemporary Account of Male Homosexuality



Gender and Work



"The Moon Reflecting the Sunlight": The Village Woman



Economic Margins



The Floating Population in the Cities: Markets, Migration, and the Prospects for Citizenship



Popular Culture: Rock and Roll



The Politics of Popular Music in Post-Tiananmen China



Spiritual Life



Magic, Science, and Qigong in Contemporary China




The Spirits of Reform: The Power of Belief in Northern China



Afterword: Centers and Peripheries, Nation and World



Notes


Bibliography


Contributors


Index