China in the World : : An Anthropology of Confucius Institutes, Soft Power, and Globalization / / Jennifer Hubbert.

Confucius Institutes, the language and culture programs funded by the Chinese government, have been established in over 1,500 schools worldwide since their debut in 2004. A centerpiece of China's soft power policy, they represent an effort to smooth China's path to superpower status by enh...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (246 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. An Anthropology of International Relations
  • 2. The Culture of Cultures
  • 3. Coolness and Magic Bullets: Studying Chinese to Manage Risk and Constitute a Self
  • 4. Conjuring Commensurability and Particularity: Reconfiguring Local and Global
  • 5. Imagining the State: Constitutions and Conceptions of Government and Governance
  • 6. Rethinking "Free" Speech: Debates over Academic Independence
  • 7. The Sites and Struggles of Global Belonging
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index