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Publication details [#65358]

Chu, Yiting. 2018. Constructing minzu: the representation of minzu and Zhonghua Minzu in Chinese elementary textbooks. Discourse 39 (6) : 941–953.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnicity | ideology | primary school | representational structure | textbook

Language as a subject

Chinese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study explores the role of school textbooks in Chinese nation-building by researching how the Chinese notions of minzu and Zhonghua Minzu are built in elementary language and social studies textbooks.