Gender and Internal Orientalism in China

Schein, Louisa

doi:10.1177/009770049702300103

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“…12, 30). This depiction of the lives of ethnic minorities as 'traditional' confirms previous scholars' (for example , Gladney 1994;Harrell 1995;Schein 1997) findings that the images of ethnic minorities are often constructed as primitive and foreign subjects. In so doing, the ethnic minorities are presented as exotic 'others' who only exist in a distant past -in contrast to the contemporary, modern society.…”

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The power of knowledge: a critical analysis of the depiction of ethnic minorities in China’s elementary textbooks

Chu

2015

Race Ethnicity and Education

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This study critically analyzes knowledge about: (1) ethnic minority groups; (2) the dominant Han group; and (3) the interaction between ethnic minorities and Han presented in three types of elementary textbooks used in China. The analysis reveals that the knowledge about and the values and beliefs of the Han people are overwhelmingly dominant in all reviewed textbooks. At the same time, ethnic minority groups are marginalized and the knowledge about them is incomplete and stereotypical. In addition, most of the knowledge about ethnic minorities are constructed and presented from the perspective of the Han people. The results indicate that the dominant ideology and unequal power relations are reflected and reinforced through the strategic construction, selection, and presentation of knowledge in textbooks. It also calls for a need to incorporate more accurate and complete knowledge in textbooks for students to develop a critical understanding of the society. This article analyzes the representation of ethnic minority groups in China's elementary textbooks. The depiction of the majority Han group and the content about the interaction between Han and ethnic minorities is also examined. The questions that guided the inquiry were: (1) What knowledge and beliefs about ethnic minorities are constructed in Chinese elementary textbooks; and (2) Whose perspectives and interests are valued in the process of knowledge construction? Through an analysis of elementary textbooks, this study explored how knowledge about ethnic minorities is interpreted from the point of view of Han by highlighting certain discourses while eliminating others. What was also under scrutiny was the unequal power relations between Han and ethnic minorities that were reinforced and reproduced through Han's hegemonic control of knowledge construction and selection in textbooks. *

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Section: Knowledge About Ethnic Minority Groupssupporting

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The power of knowledge: a critical analysis of the depiction of ethnic minorities in China’s elementary textbooks

Chu

2015

Race Ethnicity and Education

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“…In this sense, southern distinctiveness approximates Schein's (1997) concept 'internal Orientalism.' Drawing upon Said's (1978 work, this body of literature explores the 'operation of Orientalist discourses within states' (Jansson, 2003a, p. 296, italics in original).…”

Section: Placing the South In The American National Mythmentioning

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“…Drawing upon Said's (1978 work, this body of literature explores the 'operation of Orientalist discourses within states' (Jansson, 2003a, p. 296, italics in original). Although typically conceived as forming through the unequal relationship between ethnic minority and dominant groups (Schein, 1997), this process also occurs on a spatial scale (Jannson, 2003a(Jannson, , 2005. Accordingly, a relatively weak region is assigned unflattering or undesirable characteristics that are contrasted with the highly valued qualities of an 'exalted national identity' (Jansson, 2003b) represented by a dominant region or the nation as a whole.…”

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“…This manifested as stories about a player whose style on and off the field Á like the region itself Á stood out as an anomaly and the role a Southern upbringing and identity supposedly played in this stylistic development. Rather than fracture national identity into several competing components, this link made it more coherent via juxtaposition (Schein, 1997). If the South was 'backwards' in its religious zeal, economic development, and race relations, this implied that the US was 'progressive' in these same qualities.…”

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A south in the north: emplacing the south in the American national myth

Buffington

2011

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As part of a larger project concerning the men's World Cup of soccer in American culture, I examine media coverage of a single player on the US national team: Georgia Á born forward Clint Mathis. Texts constructed this player's persona through a discussion of his unique style and southern identity. I analyze the construction of American national and southern regional identity within this coverage underscoring how the formation took place on both an internal (national) and external (global) scale.

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“…John Agnew (2000, p. 302) has argued for the possibility of 'internal others' (as in internal to a particular state), and in recent years scholars have begun to apply Said's framework to Orientalist discourses within states (Gladney, 1994;Bakić-Hayden, 1995;Piterberg, 1996;Schein, 1997). However, these studies do not extend Said's geographic imagination to conceptualise the internal other in spatial terms.…”

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‘A Geography of Racism’: Internal Orientalism and the Construction of American National Identity in the FilmMississippi Burning

Jansson

2005

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Gender and Internal Orientalism in China

Cited by 257 publications

References 25 publications

The power of knowledge: a critical analysis of the depiction of ethnic minorities in China’s elementary textbooks

The power of knowledge: a critical analysis of the depiction of ethnic minorities in China’s elementary textbooks

A south in the north: emplacing the south in the American national myth

‘A Geography of Racism’: Internal Orientalism and the Construction of American National Identity in the FilmMississippi Burning

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