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Title:

CHINA INSIDE OUT
CONTEMPORARY CHINESE NATIONALISM AND TRANSNATIONALISM

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9639241954

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Publisher:

CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 December, 2004

Pages:

480

Description:

The war on terror has generated more support for area studies at the cost of reviving the kinds of dangerous generalizations that area studies have rightly been accused of. This text provides a perspective on area studies that is attentive to manifestations of "traditional culture" and the global relationships in which they are being played out.

Synopsis:

The "war on terror" has generated a scramble for expertise on Islamic or Asian "culture" and revived support for area studies, but it has done so at the cost of reviving the kinds of dangerous generalizations that area studies have rightly been accused of. In the case of China, this book shows the diverse array of critical but solidly grounded research approaches that can be used in studying a society. Its approach neither trivializes nor dismisses the elusive effects of culture, and it pays attention to both the state and the multiplicity of voices that challenge it.

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