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The Great Han is an ethnographic study of the Han Clothing Movement, a neotraditionalist and racial nationalist movement that has emerged in China since 2001. Participants come together both online and in person in cities across China to revitalize their utopian vision of the authentic "Great Han" and corresponding "real China" through pseudotraditional ethnic dress, reinvented Confucian ritual, and anti-foreign sentiment. Analyzing the movement's ideas and practices, this book argues that the vision of a pure, perfectly ordered, ethnically homogeneous, and secure society is in fact a fantasy constructed in response to the challenging realities of the present. Yet this national imaginary is reproduced precisely through its own perpetual elusiveness. The Great Han is a pioneering analysis of Han identity, nationalism, and social movements in a rapidly changing China.

Costume --- Nationalism --- Racism --- Race --- Ethnicity --- Politics and culture --- S02/0200 --- S11/1200 --- Physical anthropology --- Bias, Racial --- Race bias --- Race prejudice --- Racial bias --- Prejudices --- Anti-racism --- Critical race theory --- Race relations --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Fancy dress --- Motion pictures --- Opera --- Stage costume --- Theater --- Theatrical costume --- Decorative arts --- Clothing and dress --- Culture --- Culture and politics --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- History --- China: General works--Civilization and culture --- China: Social sciences--Anthropology, ethnology (incl. human palaeontology): general and China --- Political aspects --- Costume. --- Ethnicity. --- Ethnische Identität. --- Nationalism. --- Nationalismus. --- Politics and culture. --- Race. --- Racism. --- Rassismus. --- Soziale Bewegung. --- 2000-2099. --- China. --- 2000s. --- 2001. --- activism. --- anti foreign. --- chinese politics. --- cities. --- confucian ritual. --- digital space. --- digital world. --- ethics. --- ethnic dress. --- ethnographic study. --- ethnographic. --- ethnography. --- foreign sentiment. --- han clothing movement. --- nationalism. --- neotraditionalist. --- online. --- political activism. --- political movement. --- racial nationalist. --- social movements. --- social science. --- social studies. --- urban. --- utopian. --- xenophobic.