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OverviewThe Great Han is an ethnographic study of the Han Clothing Movement, a neotraditionalist and racial nationalist movement that has emerged in China since 2001. Participants come together both online and in person in cities across China to revitalize their utopian vision of the authentic “Great Han” and corresponding “real China” through pseudotraditional ethnic dress, reinvented Confucian ritual, and anti-foreign sentiment. Analyzing the movement’s ideas and practices, this book argues that the vision of a pure, perfectly ordered, ethnically homogeneous, and secure society is in fact a fantasy constructed in response to the challenging realities of the present. Yet this national imaginary is reproduced precisely through its own perpetual elusiveness. The Great Han is a pioneering analysis of Han identity, nationalism, and social movements in a rapidly changing China. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kevin CarricoPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520295506ISBN 10: 0520295501 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 22 August 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Eternal Apparel 1 * Imaginary Communities: Fantasy and Failure in Nationalist Identification 2 * Han Trouble and the Ethnic Cure 3 * Th e Personal Origins of Collective Identity 4 * Reenacting the Land of Rites and Etiquette: Between the Virtual and the Material 5 * The Manchu in the Mirror 6 * Producing Purity Conclusion: Neotraditionalism in China Today Notes Character Glossary Bibliography IndexReviewsEngages deeply with ethnography and other academic theories. * Asian Ethnology * This monograph is excellent, refreshing, and thought provoking. I believe that this monograph should be of interest to interlocutors within the fields of Chinese studies, anthropology, sociology, human geography, heritage, and Asian studies more broadly. * Anthropos * The Great Han uncovers uncomfortable truths around the origins, beliefs, and aims of the Han clothing movement. Through the careful interrogation of daily practices, personal histories, imaginaries, dilemmas, and desires of the movement's participants, the book shows the continuous appeal and seductive power of ethnic identity labels. * Pacific Affairs * The Great Han uncovers uncomfortable truths around the origins, beliefs, and aims of the Han clothing movement. Through the careful interrogation of daily practices, personal histories, imaginaries, dilemmas, and desires of the movement's participants, the book shows the continuous appeal and seductive power of ethnic identity labels. * Pacific Affairs * Author InformationKevin Carrico is Lecturer in the Department of International Studies (Modern Languages and Cultures) at Macquarie University and the translator of Tsering Woeser's Tibet on Fire. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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