Frontier People
Han Settlers in Minority Areas of China
Description
Aims to contest conventional ways of presenting Han immigrants in minority areas as a homogenous group of colonisers with shared identification, equal status and access to power. This book demonstrates that the category of ‘Han immigrants’ is fragmented in terms of generation, ethnic identification, migration history, class and economic activity.
Author(s)
Mette Halskov Hansen is Professor in China Studies in the Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo.
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What is "Frontier People" about?
Aims to contest conventional ways of presenting Han immigrants in minority areas as a homogenous group of colonisers with shared identification, equal status and access to power. This book demonstrates that the category of 'Han immigrants' is fragmented in terms of generation, ethnic identification, migration history, class and economic activity.
Who wrote "Frontier People"?
"Frontier People" was written by Mette Halskov Hansen.
Mette Halskov Hansen is Professor in China Studies in the Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo.
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