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Product Identifiers
PublisherC. Hurst AND Company (Publishers) The Limited
ISBN-101850653240
ISBN-139781850653240
eBay Product ID (ePID)51696284
Product Key Features
TopicIslamic Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Book TitleDislocating China : Muslims, Minorities and Other Sub-Altern Subjects
Number of Pages421 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreSocial Science
AuthorDru C. Gladney
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
LCCN2005-432654
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal305.5/60951
SynopsisThis text examines representations of social minorities and majorities in art and public media, their display in popular theme parks, the invention of folklore and creation myths, the role of pilgrimage in constructing local identities, and the impact of globalization and economic reforms on different subaltern communities, in the process illuminating the complexity and diversity of Chinese society., 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 generally been ignored by Western scholarship.
LC Classification NumberHM716
