Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction, IldikA³ 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?sA¤d Sulayman. Part 3 Socio-Cultural Practices: Situating Uyghur life cycle rituals between China and Central Asia, IldikA³ 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, LA¤ghmA¤n, So SA¤y: 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.