Dislocating China
Subtitle: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: April 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780226297767
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; China; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies; Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Muslims
First sentence: Taking as its inspiration Homi Bhabha's call to locate culture not in any essential core qualities, but on the margins or boundaries of assumed authenticities - in the nexus of power, class, and social difference - this book seeks not to locate China and Chinese culture in any essential 'Chineseness' that is unchanging, continuous, and predetermined.