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Discourses of Race and Rising China

Discourses of Race and Rising China

Hardcover

Series: Mapping Global Racisms

Chinese HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 3030053563
ISBN13: 9783030053567
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Feb 25 2019
Pages: 335
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book is a critical study of the development of a racialised nationalism in China, exploring its unique characteristics and internal tensions, and connecting it to other forms of global racism. The growth of this discourse is contextualised within the party-state's political agenda to seek legitimacy, in various groups' efforts to carve their demands in a divided national community, and has directly affected identity politics across the global diasporic Chinese community. While there remains considerable debate in both academic literature and popular discussion about how the concept of 'race' is relevant to Chinese expressions of identity, Cheng makes a forceful case for the appropriateness of biological and familial narratives of descent for understanding Chinese nationalism today.

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