The construction of racial identities in China and Japan:historical and contemporary perspectives

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Group Author: Dikötter Frank
Published: Hurst,
Publisher Address: London
Publication Dates: c1997.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: x, 217 p.: ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 1850652872
9781850652878
1850653534 (PBK)
9781850653530 (PBK)
Index Number: D693
CLC: D693.72
Call Number: D693.72/C758
Contents: "Four of the chapters in this book were first presented at the "International Conference on Racial Identities in East Asia" held in Hong Kong on 25-26 November 1994"--pv.
Includes index.
Racial discourse in China: continuities and permutations / Frank Dikötter -- Imagining boundaries of blood: Zhang Binglin and the invention of the Han 'Race' in modern China / Kai-wing Chow -- Youtai: the myth of the 'Jew' in modern China / Zhou Xun -- Myths of descent, racial nationalism and ethnic minorities in the People's Republic of China / Barry Sautman -- The invention of identity: race and nation in pre-war Japan / Michael Weiner -- 'Same language, same race': the dilemma of Kanbun in modern Japan ...