State Schooling and Ethnic Identity: The Politics of a Tibetan Neidi Secondary School in ChinaState Schooling and Ethnic Identity examines the influence of state schooling on Tibetan students' ethnic identity. Zhiyong Zhu has developed a case study of Changzhou 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Schooling and Ethnic Identity | 17 |
Tibetan Education and Tibetan Neidi Secondary Schools | 49 |
The Schooling Context of Ethnic Identity Construction | 87 |
Tibetan Student Narratives School Life and Ethnic Identity | 167 |
Asserted or Assigned Tibetan Identity? Discussion and Conclusion | 261 |
Appendix Methodological Considerations | 293 |
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About the Author | |
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