Learning to Be Tibetan : The Construction of Ethnic Identity at Minzu University of China.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART I. RESEARCH BACKGROUND, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, AND METHODOLOGY -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Literature Review and Conceptual Framework -- Chapter Three. Methodology -- Chapter Four. China's Ethnic Tibet and the Education of Tibetans -- Chapter Five. Minzu University of China: The Context of Tibetan Identity Construction -- PART II. RESEARCH FINDINGS -- Chapter Six. The Tibetan Studies Min Kao Min Students: Ethnicity as Mission -- Chapter Seven. The Non-Tibetan Studies Min Kao Min Students: Ethnicity as Difference -- Chapter Eight. The Inland Tibet School Graduates: Ethnicity as Reflective Awareness -- Chapter Nine. The Min Kao Han Students: Ethnicity as Symbol -- Chapter Ten. Toward the Development of Tibetan Culture -- Chapter Eleven. Learning to be Ethnic: Conclusions and Discussions -- Appendix 1. List of Main Events Observed at Minzu University of China in 2011 -- Appendix 2. Course Contents of "Theories and Policies on Ethnic Minorities" -- Appendix 3. Interviewee List (Tibetan) -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

This study examines the role of Chinese state schooling in the construction of Tibetan ethnic identity. Based on ethnographic research at Minzu University, it analyzes various patterns of ethnic identification among students and investigates the ways in which minority education in China functions to cultivate ideological loyalty to the state.

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