China's ten million Hui are one of the Muslim national minorities recognized by the Chinese government. Dru Gladney's fieldwork among these people has enabled him to identify diverse patterns of interaction between their rising nationalism and state policy. Through detailed descriptions and illustrations; Gladney presents a picture of the Hui in their various settings. Drawing on observations of this minority population; he considers the situation of China's minorities generally; their relationship to the Han majority; and the Chinese government's responses to ethnic nationalism within its pluralist society.
#152284 in Books Hamilton Jack 2016-09-26Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.30 x 1.00 x 5.90l; .0 #File Name: 0674416597352 pagesJust Around Midnight Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. So much of popular music in the US revolves around ...By BenSo much of popular music in the US revolves around how listeners and musicians make sense of a defining conflict in American society: race. Hamilton shows how this played out in the production of some of the most memorable music in the country's recorded history. Fantastically written; with astounding new facts and insights about artists and songs you thought you knew. Made me listen to Gaye; Cooke; Dylan; and The Beatles; amongst others; as if for the first time.23 of 23 people found the following review helpful. Challenge the categories and assumptions we've made regarding our favorite musicians from the 1960s!By CustomerThis book did a great job of placing some of my favorite 1960's musicians in their own complicated and changing times. Even more; it helped me think more deeply about the most commonly accepted stories that music fans have told ourselves about the race and artistic decisions of these icons. It is full of provoking anecdotes that give insight into how the musicians themselves thought of themselves and their work; which often challenges how we came to imagine them and categorize them in the decades that followed.Most importantly though “Just Around Midnight†is a book about songs. Jack Hamilton looks bar-by-bar (often chord-by-chord) at some of our favorite songs including a breakdown of "Gimme Shelter" in the last chapter that I had to re-read after I dug up the track on my iPod and listened to it in it's entirety. This is a book that will have you going back into your music library and hearing your old favorite songs in a new way!Even for the super fan who has already read the big biographies of the artists Jack Hamilton discusses (Cooke; Dylan; The Beatles; The Stones; Hendrix; Aretha Franklin; Janis Joplin...); "Just Around Midnight" is a great companion book because it will reveal some of the assumptions we have been making about these artists; how we tell their stories; and; most importantly; how we experience their music.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. thought-provoking and well-written bookBy eager readerThis book exposes a very interesting aspect of cultural history -- how rock and roll went from black to white. It's well written; full of examples that indicate the author's deep knowledge of the music and the times. Would be of special interest to those aging Boomers who lived through it all!
