The Mongols at China's Edge - History and the Politics of National Unity

This important study explores the multifaceted experience of Mongols in China, past and present, as their identity balances precariously between historical memory and their contemporary position as an ethnic minority. Uradyn E. Bulag assesses the intricate relationship between socialism and nationalism that generates both resistance and complicity and defines the moral dilemmas that have confronted Mongols and Chinese in negotiating nationality issues. Written by an indigenous anthropologist trained in the West, the work is informed by the author's sophisticated understanding of theory and personal sense of society and history. Breaking new ground in the study of Chinese and Mongol history and ethnicity, the author offers a fresh interpretation of China viewed from the perspective of its peripheries.

Table des matières

Chapter 1 By Way of Introduction: Minzu Tuanjie and Its Discontents
Part 2 Producing and Reproducing National Unity
Chapter 3 Ritualizing National Unity: Modernity at the Edge of China
Chapter 4 Naturalizing National Unity: Political Romance and the Chinese Nation
Part 5 Tensions of Empire
Chapter 6 From Inequality to Difference: Colonial Contradictions of Class and Ethnicity in "Socialist" China
Chapter 7 Rewriting "Inner Mongolian" History after the Revolution: Ethnicity, Nation, and the Struggle for Recognition
Part 8 Models and Morality
Chapter 9 Models and Morality: The Parable of the "Little Heroic Sisters of the Grassland"
Chapter 10 The Cult of Ulanhu: History, Memory, and the Making of an Ethnic Hero

A propos de l'auteur

Uradyn E. Bulag

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Uradyn E. Bulag, Bulag Uradyn E.
• Edition: Rowman & Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 03.04.2002
• EAN: 9780742511446
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1144-6
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Poids: 458 g
• Thème: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; China, Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Mongolia, Politics & government, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Asian History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General