Pure and true : the everyday politics of ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims /

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"The Chinese Communist Party points to the Hui-China's largest Muslim ethnic group-as a model ethnic minority and touts its harmonious relations with the group as an example of the party's great success in ethnic politics. The Hui number over ten million, but they lack a common homela...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stroup, David R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022]
Series:Studies on ethnic groups in China.
Subjects:
Hui (Chinese people) > China > History.
Hui (Chinese people) > China > Interviews.
Hui (Chinese people) > China > Ethnic identity.
Hui (Chinese people) > China > Religion.
Minorities > Government policy > China > History.
Muslims > China > History.
Islam and state > China > History.
Islam et État > Chine > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Ethnic relations.
Hui (Chinese people)
Islam and state.
Minorities > Government policy.
Muslims.
China > Ethnic relations.
China.
History.
Interviews.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Modernization and Hui ethnicity in urban China
  • Chapter 1. "God is a drug": ethnic politics in the Xi Jinping era
  • Chapter 2. Choosing: citizenship, faith, and marriage
  • Chapter 3. Talking: Arabic language and literacy
  • Chapter 4. Consuming: Islamic purity and dietary habits
  • Chapter 5. Performing: Islamic faith and daily rituals
  • Conclusion: Drawing lines between devotion and Danhua
  • Epilogue: Ethnic politics during the "People's War on Terror"
  • Appendix A: Interview respondents
  • Appendix B: Mosques/Islamic places at case sites
  • Appendix C: Migration inflow at case sites, 2006-2016
  • Glossary of Chinese terms.

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