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Chapter Two The Making of Minzu and its Conceptual Implications
Chapter Two The Making of Minzu and its Conceptual Implications
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摘要：The previous chapter discussed the topic of who launched the National Ethnic Classification Project （NECP） and when it happened. This chapter starts with why and how the NECP was carried out，how Chinese fieldworkers reflected on it and how Western anthropologists responded to it. I maintain that it is impossible to ignore the NECP when we look at any minzu in China，because current notions of being minzu，are defined in the terms set during the NECP. But being minzu did not start there，nor did it end there. Following the trail opened up by a few anthropologists （e.g. Harrell，Schein，Blum and Gladney），this chapter intends to explore what the state-defined minzu categories mean to different stakeholders and how to understand the Bai （Baizu）. I argue that those designated as Bai have injected a strong and continuous breath of life into the externally defined minzu category，and made it meaningful both to themselves and to outsiders.
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文章目录
- 1.Official representation and academic understanding of the NECP
- 1.1 Why and how
- 1.2 Western responses to the NECP
- 1.3 Contextualising Different Understandings of the NECP
- 2.Is minzu equivalent to ethnic group？
- 2.1 What does minzu mean？
- 2.2 Did the NECP create new ethnic groups/the Bai？
- 3.How to approach minzu？
- 3.1 Literature on Southwest minzu identities and the Bai
- 3.2 Understanding the Bai in contemporary China
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