The Great Han: Race, Nationalism, and Tradition in China Today
Author:   Kevin Carrico
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520295490


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   22 August 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kevin Carrico
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780520295490


ISBN 10:   0520295498
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   22 August 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Eternal Apparel 1 * Imaginary Communities: Fantasy and Failure in Nationalist Identification 2 * Han Trouble and the Ethnic Cure 3 * Th e Personal Origins of Collective Identity 4 * Reenacting the Land of Rites and Etiquette: Between the Virtual and the Material 5 * The Manchu in the Mirror 6 * Producing Purity Conclusion: Neotraditionalism in China Today Notes Character Glossary Bibliography Index

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""The Great Han uncovers uncomfortable truths around the origins, beliefs, and aims of the Han clothing movement. Through the careful interrogation of daily practices, personal histories, imaginaries, dilemmas, and desires of the movement’s participants, the book shows the continuous appeal and seductive power of ethnic identity labels."" * Pacific Affairs * ""This monograph is excellent, refreshing, and thought provoking. I believe that this monograph should be of interest to interlocutors within the fields of Chinese studies, anthropology, sociology, human geography, heritage, and Asian studies more broadly."" * Anthropos * ""Engages deeply with ethnography and other academic theories."" * Asian Ethnology *


The Great Han uncovers uncomfortable truths around the origins, beliefs, and aims of the Han clothing movement. Through the careful interrogation of daily practices, personal histories, imaginaries, dilemmas, and desires of the movement's participants, the book shows the continuous appeal and seductive power of ethnic identity labels. * Pacific Affairs *


Engages deeply with ethnography and other academic theories. * Asian Ethnology * This monograph is excellent, refreshing, and thought provoking. I believe that this monograph should be of interest to interlocutors within the fields of Chinese studies, anthropology, sociology, human geography, heritage, and Asian studies more broadly. * Anthropos * The Great Han uncovers uncomfortable truths around the origins, beliefs, and aims of the Han clothing movement. Through the careful interrogation of daily practices, personal histories, imaginaries, dilemmas, and desires of the movement's participants, the book shows the continuous appeal and seductive power of ethnic identity labels. * Pacific Affairs *


Author Information

Kevin Carrico is Lecturer in the Department of International Studies (Modern Languages and Cultures) at Macquarie University and the translator of Tsering Woeser's Tibet on Fire.

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