Dislocating China Muslims, Minorities and Other Sub-Altern Subjects |
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| Author:
| Gladney, Dru C. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85065-324-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2004 |
| Publisher: | C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $129.00 |
Book Description:
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This book seeks to challenge the way in which China and Chinese-ness is generally understood, privileged on a central tradition, a core culture, that tends to marginalise or peripheralise anything or anyone who does not fit that essential core. The Hui Muslim Chinese discussed in this volume demonstrate that one can be an integral part of Chinese society and yet challenge many of ourassumptions about that society itself. For that reason they and other so-called minority ethnics have...
More DescriptionThis book seeks to challenge the way in which China and Chinese-ness is generally understood, privileged on a central tradition, a core culture, that tends to marginalise or peripheralise anything or anyone who does not fit that essential core. The Hui Muslim Chinese discussed in this volume demonstrate that one can be an integral part of Chinese society and yet challenge many of ourassumptions about that society itself. For that reason they and other so-called minority ethnics have generally been ignored by Western scholarship.