China Inside Out
Contemporary Chinese Nationalism and Transnationalism
The editors:
Pál Nyíri is currently a Fellow
at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.
Joana Breidenbach is an anthropologist and journalist
based in Berlin.
The "war on terror" has generated a scramble
for expertise on Islamic or Asian "culture"
and revived support for area studies, but it has done
so at the cost of reviving the kinds of dangerous generalizations
that area studies have rightly been accused of. This
book provides a much-needed perspective on area studies,
a perspective that is attentive to both manifestations
of "traditional culture" and the new global
relationships in which they are being played out. The
authors shake off the shackles of the orientalist legacy
but retain a close reading of local processes. They
challenge the boundaries of China and question its study
from different perspectives, but believe that area studies
have a role to play if their geographies are studied
according to certain common problems.
In the case of China, the book shows the diverse array
of critical but solidly grounded research approaches
that can be used in studying a society. Its approach
neither trivializes nor dismisses the elusive effects
of culture, and it pays attention to both the state
and the multiplicity of voices that challenge it.
Contents
Overview Modules Anthropological Concepts for
the Study of Nationalism, Aihwa Ong; The Legacy of Empires
and Nations in East Asia, Prasenjit Duara; Researching
Chinese Nationalism: The Foreign Relations Dimension,
Daojiong Zha; On the Periphery of the "Clash of
Civilizations?" Discourse and Geopolitics in Russo-Chinese
Relations, Alexander V. Lomanov; Approaches to Transnationalism
and Diaspora Research: Researching the Hmong Diaspora's
Longing for a Chinese Homeland, Louisa Schein; The "New
Migrant": State and Market Constructions of Modernity
and Patriotism, Pál Nyíri; Race in China,
Frank Dikötter; Outside In: Sino-Burmese Encounters,
Penny Edwards; Alterity Motives, Dru C. Gladney; The
Contemporary Intellectual Context of the China Inside
Out Project, George E. Marcus. Glossary Index
2005
368 pages
ISBN 978-963-7326-14-1 paperback $24.95 / €21.95
/ £18.99
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