Between sacred and secular knowledge rationalities and education of a Muslim village in Northwest China / Yanbi Hong.

Author/creator Hong, Yanbi, 1984-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
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SeriesChina perspectives
Contents Introduction : Muslim education in a non-Muslim society -- Ethnic minority education in rural China : the cognitive rationality framework and research methods -- The land, the life, and local education -- The localized state, education, and local responses -- The binary world and identity : education and naming -- Secular in sacred : the market impacts on religious education -- Muslim girls' marriage and education : looking for well-being -- Conclusion and discussion.
Abstract "This book examines how different social forces, including state ideology and policies, religious culture and ethnic identities, and economic market forces, affect Muslim parents' perceptions and attitudes toward public and religious education. Combining ethnographic fieldwork and a cognitive rationality framework, this book investigates ethnic minorities' educational attainment and its shaping mechanisms. Instead of attributing the undereducation of ethnic minorities solely to structural factors such as economic constraints, cultural conflicts and state policies, this study focuses on the critical role of perceptions and expectations through which many structural factors function. The fieldwork in a predominantly Muslim village in northwest China reveals that public education and religious education are complementary in the daily pursuit of well-being. And the study further argues that the practical oriented logic of rural Muslims shed light on the research of inequality in educational attainment. The book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students studying ethnic minority education in China. Those who are researching on Islam and Muslims' identity, especially in a multiethnic society, may also find this research insightful and helpful"-- Provided by publisher.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Hong, Yanbi, 1984- Between sacred and secular knowledge Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 9781032122984
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