The art of symbolic resistance : : Uyghur identities and Uyghur-Han relations in contemporary Xinjiang / / by Joanne Smith Finley.
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 Resista...
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Superior document: | Brill's inner Asian library, Volume 30 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2013. |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Brill's Inner Asian library ;
v. 30. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (484 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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’. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004256784 |
ISSN: | 1566-7162 ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Joanne Smith Finley. |