Description
Book SynopsisThis comparative study of the Naxi and Tai minority groups in Southwestern China examines the implementation and reception of state minority education policy. Hansen (Center for Development and the Environment, U. of Oslo) argues that state policy is not uniformly successful among all minorities, n
Trade Review"This is a critical as well as comprehensive study of minority education and ethnic identity in a southwest province of China: the Yunnan province. . . . This is a very informative work and a very substantial piece of research on minority education in China. It is a must read for people who want to know about the details, the intricacies, and the hidden agendas of education for minorities in China."
* Journal of Asian and African Studies *
"This book is especially relevant in these times when assimiliationist educational projects in minority communities are debated as human-rights issues in countries as different as Canada and Taiwan. [Hansen] provides much-needed discussion and empirical data on these issues in a fascinating province of the People's Republic of China."
* China Review International *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Map 1: Yunnan Province
Map 2: Sipsong Panna Tai (Dai) Autonomous Prefecture
Introduction
1. Education and Chinese Minority Policy
2. History of Chinese Education among the Naxi in Lijiang
3. Education and Ethnic Identity in Lijiang since 1980
4. History of Chinese Education in sipsong Panna
5. Education and Ethnic Identity is Sipsong Panna since 1980
Conclusion
Chinese Character Glossary
Bibliography
Index
