Between Mecca And Beijing
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Between Mecca And Beijing
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Author : Maris Boyd Gillette
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2000
Between Mecca And Beijing written by Maris Boyd Gillette and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Religion categories.
"Between Mecca and Beijing" examines how a community of urban Chinese Muslims uses consumption to position its members more favorably within the Chinese government's official paradigm for development. Residents of the old Muslim district in the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an belong to an official minority (the Hui nationality) that has been classified by the state as "backward" in comparison to China's majority (Han) population. Though these Hui urbanites, like the vast majority of Chinese citizens, accept the assumptions about social evolution upon which such labels are based, they actively reject the official characterization of themselves as less civilized and modern than the Han majority. By selectively consuming goods and adopting fashions they regard as modern and non-Chinese--which include commodities and styles from both the West and the Muslim world--these Chinese Muslims seek to demonstrate that they are capable of modernizing without the guidance or assistance of the state. In so doing, they challenge one of the fundamental roles the Chinese Communist government has claimed for itself, that of guide and purveyor of modernity. Through a detailed study of the daily life--eating habits, dress styles, housing, marriage and death rituals, religious practices, education, family organization--of the Hui inhabitants of Xi'an, the author explores the effects of a state-sponsored ideology of progress on an urban Chinese Muslim neighborhood.
The Perfumed Palace
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Author : M. A. Aldrich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Perfumed Palace written by M. A. Aldrich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Presents a tapestry of words and pictures that portray one of the oldest and most distinctive Islamic communities in the world: the Muslims of Peking. This book explores the life and culture of the Muslims of China's capital city who, over the centuries, have developed such a harmonious synthesis of two great civilizations.
Muslims In China
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Author : Sheila Hollihan-Elliot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Muslims In China written by Sheila Hollihan-Elliot and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Islam categories.
Although they constitute a small minority of China's 1.3 billion people, approximately 20 million Muslims live within the borders of the world's most populous country. About 9 million of them belong to the Hui minority, which has largely assimilated into China's dominant Han culture. But some 8 million Chinese Muslims are Uyghurs, members of a Turkic-speaking group who have more in common with peoples in Central Asia than with the Han Chinese. In recent years, nationalism has bubbled up in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, where the Uyghurs are concentrated. This has raised concern among, and provoked a crackdown from, China's Communist government in Beijing. Muslims in China examines this development as well as more general economic, political, and social issues facing China today. It also provides up-to-date information about China's geography, history, society, important cities and communities, and more. Book jacket.
Ethnic Identity And National Conflict In China
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Author : A. Acharya
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-06-21
Ethnic Identity And National Conflict In China written by A. Acharya and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-21 with Political Science categories.
While, not discounting the potency of the radical Islamic religious discourse in fuelling the contemporary wave of terrorism, this book makes an attempt to explain terrorism in China as an ethno-nationalist conflict rooted in issues involving minority identity. However, a largely domestic conflict is being hijacked by the radical Islamists.
Beijing Time
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Author : Michael Dutton
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2008-05-31
Beijing Time written by Michael Dutton and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-31 with History categories.
“Where is the market?” inquires the tourist one dark, chilly morning. “Follow the ghosts,” responds the taxi driver, indicating a shadowy parade of overloaded tricycles. “It’s not called the ghost market for nothing!” And indeed, Beijing is nothing if not haunted. Among the soaring skyscrapers, choking exhaust fumes, nonstop traffic jams, and towering monuments, one discovers old Beijing—newly styled, perhaps, but no less present and powerful than in its ancient incarnation. Beijing Time conducts us into this mysterious world, at once familiar and yet alien to the outsider. The ancient Chinese understood the world as enchanted, its shapes revealing the mythological order of the universe. In the structure and detail of Tian’anmen Square, the authors reveal the city as a whole. In Beijing no pyramids stand as proud remnants of the past; instead, the entire city symbolizes a vibrant civilization. From Tian’anmen Square, we proceed to the neighborhoods for a glimpse of local color—from the granny and the young police officer to the rag picker and the flower vendor. Wandering from the avant-garde art market to the clock towers, from the Monumental Axis to Mao’s Mausoleum, the book allows us to peer into the lives of Beijingers, the rules and rituals that govern their reality, and the mythologies that furnish their dreams. Deeply immersed in the culture, everyday and otherworldly, this anthropological tour, from ancient cosmology to Communist kitsch, allows us to see as never before how the people of Beijing—and China—work and live.
The Consumer Revolution In Urban China
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Author : Deborah Davis
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000-01-20
The Consumer Revolution In Urban China written by Deborah Davis and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-20 with Business & Economics categories.
This wide-ranging collection of essays by leading sociologists on the new consumerism of post-economic-reform China is an important contribution to our understanding of Chinese society and culture.
Between Sacred And Secular Knowledge
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Author : Yanbi Hong
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-11-10
Between Sacred And Secular Knowledge written by Yanbi Hong and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-10 with Education categories.
This book examines how different social forces, including state ideology and policies, religious culture and ethnic identities, and economic market forces, affect Muslim parents’ perceptions and attitudes toward public and religious education. Combining ethnographic fieldwork and a cognitive rationality framework, this book investigates ethnic minorities’ educational attainment and its shaping mechanisms. Instead of attributing the undereducation of ethnic minorities solely to structural factors such as economic constraints, cultural conflicts and state policies, this study focuses on the critical role of perceptions and expectations through which many structural factors function. The fieldwork in a predominantly Muslim village in northwest China reveals that public education and religious education are complementary in the daily pursuit of well-being. And the study further argues that the practical oriented logic of rural Muslims sheds light on the research of inequality in educational attainment. The book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students studying ethnic minority education in China. Those who are researching on Islam and Muslims’ identity, especially in a multiethnic society, may also find this research insightful and helpful.
Chinese Youth In Transition
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Author : Jieying Xi
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2006
Chinese Youth In Transition written by Jieying Xi and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
Featuring original research findings from a key Chinese national research centre, this book provides researchers with cutting-edge, reliable and comprehensive information about children and youth in modern China. Coverage spans a wide range of critical issues, including: children's physical and mental development, leisure and consumption choices and juvenile delinquency.
Preferential Education Policies In Multi Ethnic China
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Author : Naomi C.F. Yamada
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-10-29
Preferential Education Policies In Multi Ethnic China written by Naomi C.F. Yamada and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-29 with Education categories.
Preferential Education Policies in Multi-ethnic China: National Rhetoric, Local Realities explores the cultural logic of China’s preferential policy measures. Similar in premise but different in practice and philosophy to American affirmative action, the preferential policies evoke controversy on all sides: from those who see the measures as insufficient to address problems of educational disparities between ethnic groups, and from those who see the measures as "reverse discrimination." Yamada shows how the policy measures attempt to manage ethnic-based contradictions and appease both majority and minority populations.
Hui Muslims In China
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Author : Gui Rong
language : en
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-15
Hui Muslims In China written by Gui Rong and has been published by Leuven University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-15 with Social Science categories.
Introduction to Hui ethnic diversity in China As yet very little academic research has been done into the Hui people, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group in China. With particular attention to the Yunnan district community, this collection of contributions skilfully presents a wealth of information on Hui Muslims and introduces readers to the issues of Hui ethnic diversity in China. Reviewing the many aspects of the religious, educational and cultural life of Hui Muslims in China, the authors provide an ethnography in which becomes clear how traditional institutions and everyday life are adapted to local customs with respect to the Islamic identity. At the same time, the relationship between the China Republic and the Hui, an official minority of China, is discussed thoroughly. Contributors: Lesley R. Turnbull (New York University), Liang Zhang (Yunnan University), Ross Holder (Trinity College Dublin), Aaron Glasserman (Columbia University), Frauke Drewes (University of Münster), Chuang Ma (Yunnan Open University), Yu Feng (Yunnan University), Suchart Setthamalinee (Puyap University)