TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Wenzhuo PY - 2017/10/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Multicultural Ethnic Music Education in Communist China JF - International Journal of Multicultural Education JA - IJME VL - 19 IS - 3 SE - Articles (Peer-reviewed) DO - 10.18251/ijme.v19i3.1359 UR - https://ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme/article/view/1359 SP - 65-84 AB - <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The Central Communist Party (CCP) of the </span><span>People’s Republic of </span><span>China (PRC) describes China as a unified multinational country. National policies advocate cultural diversity in the educational system with particular emphasis on the notion that diverse ethnic minorities contribute to </span><span>zhonghua minzu</span><span>—</span><span>a single united Chinese nationality. Drawing upon the theoretical frameworks of musical authenticity as well as two tenets of liberalism theory, equal concern and cultural neutrality, the study aims to understand how government-designed national K1</span><span>–</span><span>9 music textbooks represent the Chinese </span><span>ethnic minority’s musical and cultural traditions. </span></p></div></div></div></div> ER -