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.

Info autore

Uradyn E. Bulag is associate professor of anthropology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of Nationalism and Hybridity in Mongolia.

Riassunto

An exploration of the multifaceted Mongol experience in China, past and present. Charting the interface between a state-centred multinational Chinese polity and a primordial nationalist multiculturalism, it explores Mongol ethnopolitical strategies to preserve their heritage.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Uradyn E Bulag, Uradyn E. Bulag, Uradyn Erden Bulag, Bulag Uradyn E.
• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.04.2002
• EAN: 9780742511439
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1143-9
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 232 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 567 g
• Serie: World Social Change; Asia/Pacific/Perspectives; Asia/Pacific/Perspectives; World Social Change
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; 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