The present dissertation provides an example of how social and political conditions influence people of two descent groups on the southern Fujian coast to claim their ethnic identity. The study deals with identity change in two communities in Jinjiang City and Hui'an County, kno…
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This study has identified conceptual issues for the development of receptor-oriented communication strategies among young, educated, urban Hui (YEU-Hui) Muslims in a China's northwestern cities in order to achieve culturally relevant churches in those areas. The study includes a…
This dissertation examines the ethnicization of Islam among a specific ethnic group in China, namely the Hui. It is based upon sixteen months of multi-sited fieldwork conducted in China's Henan Province and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from 2010 to 2012. I argue that the partic…
This dissertation examines a type of internal migration that has received scant attention before: the ethnic affinity migration in which natives who are ethnic minorities migrate domestically towards immigrant groups that they share ethnic connections to. Specifically, I study t…
The majority of academic works relating to Islam in China discuss the Hui people as a Muslim-majority ethnic group predominant in certain areas of China, however, this is an oversimplification that fails to adequately represent historical reality. Furthermore, presenting the Hui…
This paper explores the contentious ethno-historical process of identity formation among the Hui national minority. For complex historical and practical reasons, the Chinese government defined the Hui as a minority nationality despite the fact that they lack the traditional Stal…