Cultural Exclusion in China State Education, Social Mobility and Cultural Difference Comparative Development and Policy in Asia Series
Auteurs : Yi Lin, Yi Lin
Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country?s land area. Poverty and economic inequality of minority groups are widely-recognised problems. However, as this book, based on extensive original research, shows, underlying economic inequality are educational inequality and cultural exclusion, which in turn lead to problems of social mobility and thereby to poverty. The book examines in particular Tibetan, Muslim Hui, Salar and Bonan people. It discusses the policy and practice of education for ethnic minorities, the prevailing chauvinistic Chinese national culture, from which minorities feel excluded, and the attitudes of both majority Han Chinese towards minorities, and of minorities towards their position of cultural exclusion. Besides exploring the forms of cultural exclusion experienced by ethnic minorities, it considers what might be done to promote inclusion, proposing a rethinking of the project of nation building and modernisation of state and minority rights in order to achieve the goal of including the minority population of distinctive cultures into wider society.
1. Introduction 2. The Trajectories of Chinese Culturalism and its Educational Legacy 3. Ethnicization through Schooling: The Mainstream Discursive Repertoires of Ethnic Minority Cultures 4. Choosing between ‘Ordinary’ and Minorities: The Tibetan Case 5. The Social Engagement of ‘Familiar Strangers’: The Muslim Case 6. Conclusion Postscript: Promoting Education by NGOs?
Lin Yi is Associate Professor of Sociology at Xiamen University. His current research focuses upon culture, inequality and boundaries, with particular reference to class, ethnicity and globalization. Lin’s articles have appeared in such journals as China Quarterly and Japanese Journal of Political Science.
Date de parution : 03-2012
Ouvrage de 192 p.
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 06-2008
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de Cultural Exclusion in China :
Mots-clés :
Tibetan Students; minority; State Work Unit; school; Minority Schools; tibetan; Han Students; students; Muslim Parents; state; Minority Cultures; work; Vice Versa; unit; Muslim Minority School; ethnic; Minority Secondary School; minorities; Muslim Students; culture; Tibetan Culture; Minority Education; Civil Service Examinations; Ordinary School; Education Bureau; Tibetan Villages; Suzhi Education; Nation Building; Tibetan Parents; Suzhi Jiaoyu; Cultural Exclusion; non-Han Groups; County Secondary; Tibetan People; Mutual Knowledge