The art of symbolic resistance : Uyghur identities and Uyghur-Han relations in contemporary Xinjiang /

The art of symbolic resistance : Uyghur identities and Uyghur-Han relations in contemporary Xinjiang /

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Author / Creator:	Smith Finley, Joanne, author.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvii, 453 pages) : color illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Brill's inner Asian library, 1566-7162 ; volume 30 Brill's Inner Asian library ; volume 30.
Subject:	Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- Ethnic identity. Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- Government relations. Government, Resistance to -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu. Ethnic relations. Ethnic relations -- Political aspects. Ethnicity. Government, Resistance to. Indigenous peoples -- Government relations. Uighur (Turkic people) Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Ethnic relations. China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208479

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ISBN:	9789004256781 9004256784 9789004254916 9004254919
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-444) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The Art of Symbolic Resistance provides a longitudinal study of Uyghur-Han relations. Based on locally conducted interviews, Smith Finley argues that contemporary Uyghur identities involve a complex interplay between long-standing intra-group socio-cultural commonalities and common enmity towards the Han Chinese.
Other form:	Print version: Smith Finley, Joanne. Art of symbolic resistance 9789004254916
Standard no.:	40022900809 10.1163/9789004256781

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Summary:	Against the background of the Ürümchi riots (July 2009), this book provides a longitudinal study of contemporary Uyghur identities and Uyghur-Han relations. Previous studies considered China's Uyghurs from the perspective of the majority Han (state or people). Conversely, The Art of Symbolic Resistance considers Uyghur identities from a local perspective, based on interviews conducted with group members over nearly twenty years. Smith Finley rejects assertions that the Uyghur ethnic group is a 'creation of the Chinese state', suggesting that contemporary Uyghur identities involve a complex interplay between long-standing intra-group socio-cultural commonalities and a more recently evolved sense of common enmity towards the Han. This book advances the discipline in three senses: from a focus on sporadic violent opposition to one on everyday symbolic resistance; from state to 'local' representations; and from a conceptualisation of Uyghurs as 'victim' to one of 'creative agent'.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxvii, 453 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-444) and index.
ISBN:	9789004256781 9004256784 9789004254916 9004254919
ISSN:	1566-7162 ;