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Negotiating Identities in Cross-Cultural Contexts

A Case Study of Xinjiangban Students in China

Bibliographic Data

ID12349705
AuthorsXin Su (0000-0002-3487-3681, Henan University, corresponding author), Neil Harrison (0000-0002-6554-4856, Macquarie University), Robyn Moloney (0000-0002-7279-5645, Macquarie University)
Year2023
Volume47
Issue4
Pages799-817
Publication date2023-01-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10357823.2022.2155108
OpenAlexW4319844835
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited41

Since its implementation in 2000, the inland Xinjiang senior secondary school class policy (Xinjiangban policy) has promoted and funded middle-school students, mostly ethnic minorities from Xinjiang, to attend boarding schools in predominantly Han-populated cities throughout eastern China. The purpose of this policy is to improve ethnic minority students’ political, economic, and cultural status, enhance ethnic unity, and promote Chinese nationalism. Existing literature on this policy has commonly focused on students’ experiences in school contexts, interpreting ethnic minority students’ identity from a dualist either/or perspective. Less is known about how this policy has influenced and impacted students’ self-perceptions in their everyday practices. This article draws on the work of Sedikides and Brewer, which defines identity at three different levels – individual, relational, and collective – to provide a multi-layered understanding of identity formation and change in Xinjiangban students. The findings show that these students experience feelings of uncertainty and alienation in their educational journey, and that their identity shifts according to contexts and expectations that derive from multiple sources including self, others, and community

Alienation · China · Ethnic group · Feeling · Identity (music · Nationalism · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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