State schooling and ethnic identity : the politics of a Tibetan Neidi secondary school in China / Zhiyong Zhu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhu, Zhiyong, 1970-

Series:

Emerging perspectives on education in China

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tibetans--Education (Secondary)--China.

Tibetans.

Education and state--China.

Education and state.

Tibetans--Ethnic identity.

Boarding schools.

Education, Secondary.

China.

Boarding schools--Political aspects--China.

Physical Description:

xviii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2007]

Summary:

State Schooling and Ethnic Identity examines the influence of state schooling on Tibetan students' ethnic identity. Zhiyong Zhu has developed this case study of a Tibetan middle school after a preferential educational policy was put in place by the Chinese government in the early 1980s. By examining and analyzing student diaries, Zhu has developed a theoretical model for the construction of ethnic identity, while taking into account the influence over ethnic/identity wielded by the state. State Schooling and Ethnic Identity is a unique study appropriate for readers with interests in China or Tibetan studies, educational theory, anthropology, and sociology.

Contents:

Introduction

Schooling and ethnic identity

Tibetan education and Tibetan neidi secondary schools

The schooling context of ethnic identity construction

Tibetan student narratives : school life and ethnic identity

Asserted or assigned Tibetan identity? : discussion and conclusion

Appendix. Methodological considerations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-347) and index.

ISBN:

9780739115398

0739115391

OCLC:

122525999