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1、ChineseSociologyandAnthropology,vol.42,no.4,Summer2010,pp.46–61.©2011M.E.Sharpe,Inc.Allrightsreserved.ISSN0009–4625/2011$9.50+0.00.DOI10.2753/CSA0009-4625420403PanJiaoDeconstructingChina’sEthnicMinoritiesDeorientalizationorReorientalization?Sincethe1
2、990s,analyzingChina’sminzu(people/group)identificationanddeconstructingtheChinesegovernment’sconstructionoftheethnicminoritieswithinitsbordershasbecomeaknowledgegrowthpointintheWest.Mono-graphsanddissertationsrelatedtothistopichaveappearedinrapidsucc
3、ession,andminorityethnicgroupsincludingtheHui,Yi,Miao,Yao,andUighurhavebeendeconstructedoneaftertheother.1ItisunknownwhentheTibetansandMongolswillsimilarlybecomethefocusofsuchanalysis,orwhetherithasbeensomehowdecidedthatthey(oranyoftheremainingforty-
4、nineethnicminorities)simplydonotneedtobeapproachedassuch.Broadlyspeaking,therearetwoapproachestotheaforementioneddecon-structionfuror:(1)Revealingthatthereexistdifferencesanddislocationswithintheseethnicgroupsintermsoflanguage,culture,socialeconomics
5、,andterritorialdistribution,andtherebyarguingthat,althoughtheChinesegovernment/ethnologistsclaimthattheyhavedefinedChina’sethnicminori-tiesobjectivelyandscientificallyinaccordancewithStalin’stheoryforiden-tifyingethnicnationalities,theseidentifiedmin
6、zuinfactdonotmatchwiththesedefinitions.(2)Analyzingthehistoricevolutionofthesepeoples—andtherebyarguingthat,beforebeingdefinedbytheChinesegovernmentasasingularminzu,thesepeopleshadneitheraunifiedethnicname(zucheng)Englishtranslation©2011M.E.Sharpe,In
7、c.,fromtheChineseoriginal:PanJiao,“JiegouZhongguoshaoshuminzu:Qudongfangxuehuahaishizaidongfangxuehua?”JournalofGuangxiUniversityforNationalities.TranslatedbyTedWang.PanJiaoisaprofessorattheDepartmentofEthnologyattheCentralNationalitiesUniversity,Bei
8、jing.46SUmmer201047noracommonethnicgroupawareness,andthereforewerenotwhatiscalledintheWestanethnicgroup.Thereby,theconclusionderivedisthatChina’sethnicminoritiesarein-ventedbytheChinesegovernmentbymeansofminzuidentification.NeitherStalin’snationality