Frontier People
Han Settlers in Minority Areas of China
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774811798
- Publish Date
- Jan 2006
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774811781
- Publish Date
- Apr 2005
- List Price
- $87.00
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Frontier People shows how the Han themselves have been directly involved in the process of transformation within these areas where they have settled. Their perceptions of the minority natives, their “old home,” other immigrants, and their own role in the areas are examined in relation to the official discourse on the migrations. This study contests conventional ways of presenting Han immigrants in minority areas as a homogeneous group of colonizers with shared identification, equal class status, and access to power.
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Contributor Notes
Mette Halskov Hansen is Professor of Chinese studies in the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo. She is the author of Lessons in Being Chinese: Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China.