Description
Book SynopsisExamines 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.
Trade Review"Make[s] important contributions to the existing perspectives on China's ethnic minorities not least for their new rich ethnographies and research findings. One . . . major input is the exploration of the 'big' questions on Chinese national identity, citizenship, and modernity from the perspective of ethnic minorities."
-- Elena Barabantseva * Asian Ethnicity *
"McCarthy's fine study is an important new contribution to evolving understandings of 'multiculturalism with Chinese characteristics,' forcing readers to contemplate how completing forms of ethnic nationalism interacts with shared forms of citizenship practice. This book is a must-read for both scholars and students of ethnic relations in Reform-era-China."
* The China Journal *
Table of ContentsForeword by Stevan Harrell
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Culture, the Nation, and Chinese Minority Identity
2. The Dai, Bai, and Hui in Historical Perspective
3. Dharma and Development among the Xishuangbanna Dai
4. The Bai and the Tradition of Modernity
5. Authenticity, Identity, and Tradition among the Hui
Conclusion
Chinese Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
