Overview
- Furthers a discussion in studies of racism that has implications in paradigm shift suggested by Frank Dikötter
- Highlights a contemporary non-Western racial discourse that was initially inspired by the Western racism but has evolved more spontaneously and inventively
- Adds to the global racism literature by identifying the roots, the universality and the adaptability of racism
Part of the book series: Mapping Global Racisms (MGR)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a critical study of the development of a racialised nationalism in China, exploring its unique characteristics and internal tensions, and connecting it to other forms of global racism. The growth of this discourse is contextualised within the party-state’s political agenda to seek legitimacy, in various groups’ efforts to carve their demands in a divided national community, and has directly affected identity politics across the global diasporic Chinese community. While there remains considerable debate in both academic literature and popular discussion about how the concept of ‘race’ is relevant to Chinese expressions of identity, Cheng makes a forceful case for the appropriateness of biological and familial narratives of descent for understanding Chinese nationalism today.
Grounded in a strong conceptual framework and substantiated with rich materials, Discourses of Race and Rising China will be an important contribution to international studies of racism, and will appeal to academics and students of contemporary China, historians of modern China, and those who work in the fields of critical race, ethnicity, and cultural studies.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Yinghong Cheng is Professor of History at Delaware State University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Discourses of Race and Rising China
Authors: Yinghong Cheng
Series Title: Mapping Global Racisms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05357-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05356-7Published: 25 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05357-4Published: 06 February 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-3130
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3149
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 335
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Racism, Ethnicity Studies, History of China