Situating the Uyghurs between China and Central Asia /
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2007. |
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| Description: | xxiv, 249 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6672376 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Historical Perspective: 'Us and them' in 18th and 19th century Xinjiang
- The Uyghurs as a part of Central Asian commonality: Soviet historiography on the Uyghurs
- Part 2. Uyghur Culture
- Issues of Music, Literature and Language
- Cultural politics and the pragmatics of resistance: reflexive discourses on culture and history
- Situating the 12 Muqam: between the Arab world and the Tang court
- Uyghur literary representations of Xinjiang realities
- Hybrid name culture in Xinjiang: problems surrounding Uyghur name/surname practices and their reform
- Part 3. Socio-Cultural Practices
- Situating Uyghur life cycle rituals between China and Central Asia
- Shrine pilgrimage and sustainable tourism among the Uyghurs
- Central Asian ritual traditions in the context of China's development policies
- The emergence of Muslim reformism in contemporary Xinjiang: implications for the Uyghurs' positioning between a Central Asian and Chinese context
- Part 4. Negotiation of Multiple and Hybrid Uyghur Identities
- Polo, Läghmän, So Säy: situating Uyghur food between Central Asia and China
- 'The dawn of the East': a portrait of a Uyghur community between China and Kazakhstan
- 'Ethnic anomaly' or modern Uyghur survivor? A case study of the Minkaohan hybrid identity in Xinjiang
- Conclusion
- Index
