Collaborative nationalism : the politics of friendship on China's Mongolian frontier / Uradyn E. Bulag.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bulag, Uradyn E. (Uradyn Erden), 1964-

Series:

Asia/Pacific/perspectives.

Asia/Pacific/perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mongols--China.

Mongols.

Minorities--China.

Minorities.

China--Ethnic relations.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this deeply original study of the Mongols, leading scholar Uradyn E. Bulag draws on key themes of cosmopolitanism and friendship to develop a new concept he terms ""collaborative nationalism."" He uses this concept to explore the dilemma of minorities in China as they fight against being embraced too tightly in the bonds of ""friendship."" Through a rich array of case studies, Bulag illuminates the fierce competition among China, Japan, Mongolia, and Russia to appropriate the Mongol heritage to buttress their own national identities. Weighing the options the Mongols face, he arg

Contents:

Introduction: triangulating China's ethnopolitics

Hunting Chinggis Khan's skull and soul

Lamas to the rescue : Tibeto-Mongolian Buddhism and imperial nationalisms

Friendship, treason, and collaborative nationalism

Yearning for friendship : the political in minority revolutionary history

The flight of the golden pony : socialism and the stillbirth of the Mongolian working class

Interethnic adoption and the regime of affection

Conclusion: the specter of interethnic friendship.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781442204331

1442204338

OCLC:

700699512