China in the world : an anthropology of Confucius Institutes, soft power, and globalization /

Confucius Institutes, the language and culture programs funded by the Chinese government, have been established in more than 1500 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hubbert, Jennifer Ann (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Kongzi xue yuan. Chinese language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers. Chinese language > Globalization. Cultural diplomacy > China.

Table of Contents:

An anthropology of international relations
The culture of cultures
Coolness and magic bullets : studying Chinese to manage risk and constitute a self
Conjuring commensurability and particularity : reconfiguring local and global
Imagining the state : constitutions and conceptions of government and governance
Rethinking "free" speech : debates over academic independence
The sites and struggles of global belonging.