Situating the Uyghurs between China and Central Asia
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Situating the Uyghurs between China and Central Asia
(Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific)
Ashgate, c2007
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Based on papers presented at a conference held in Nov. 2004 at the SOAS Centre for Contemporary Central Asia
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Drawing together distinguished international scholars, this volume offers a unique insight into the social and cultural hybridity of the Uyghurs. It bridges a gap in our understanding of this group, an officially recognized minority mainly inhabiting the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, with significant populations also living in the Central Asian states. The volume is comparative and interdisciplinary in focus: historical chapters explore the deeper problems of Uyghur identity which underpin the contemporary political situation; and sociological and anthropological comparisons of a range of practices from music culture to life-cycle rituals illustrate the dual, fused nature of contemporary Uyghur social and cultural identities. Contributions by 'local' Uyghur authors working within Xinjiang also demonstrate the possibilities for Uyghur advocacy in social and cultural policy-making, even within the current political climate.
Table of Contents
- Contents: Introduction, IldikA(3) Beller-Hann, M. Cristina CesA ro, Rachel Harris, and Joanne Smith Finley
- Part 1 The Historical Perspective: 'Us and them' in 18th and 19th century Xinjiang, Laura J. Newby
- The Uyghurs as a part of Central Asian commonality: Soviet historiography on the Uyghurs, Ablet Kamalov. Part 2 Uyghur Culture: Issues of Music, Literature and Language: Cultural politics and the pragmatics of resistance: reflexive discourses on culture and history, Nathan Light
- Situating the 12 Muqam: between the Arab world and the Tang court, Rachel Harris
- Uyghur literary representations of Xinjiang realities, Michael Friederich
- Hybrid name culture in Xinjiang: problems surrounding Uyghur name/surname practices and their reform, A"sAd Sulayman. Part 3 Socio-Cultural Practices: Situating Uyghur life cycle rituals between China and Central Asia, IldikA(3) Beller-Hann
- Shrine pilgrimage and sustainable tourism among the Uyghurs: Central Asian ritual traditions in the context of China's development policies, RahilA Dawut
- The emergence of Muslim reformism in contemporary Xinjiang: implications for the Uyghurs' positioning between a Central Asian and Chinese context, Edmund Waite. Part 4 Negotiation of Multiple and Hybrid Uyghur Identities: Polo, LAghmAn, So SAy: situating Uyghur food between Central Asia and China, M. Cristina CesA ro
- 'The dawn of the East': a portrait of a Uyghur community between China and Kazakhstan, Sean R. Roberts
- 'Ethnic anomaly' or modern Uyghur survivor? A case study of the Minkaohan hybrid identity in Xinjiang, Joanne Smith Finley
- Conclusion
- Index.
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