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This book brings together historical and ethnographic research from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Xinjiang, in order to explore how individuals and communities work to create and maintain forms of ‘culture’ in contexts of ideological repression and erasure. Across Inner Central Asia, in both China and the Soviet Union, while ethnic culture was on one hand lauded and promoted, it was simultaneously folklorized in the face of broader projects of socialist modernity. How do local intellectuals, cultural organizers, and performers work to negotiate their own forms and understandings of cultural meaning within the institutions and frameworks of a long twentieth century? How does scholarly attention to cultural production, tradition, and performance help to inform our understanding of (ethnic) nations not as given, but as coming into being? Ali İğmen is Professor of History and Director of the Oral History Program in California State University, Long Beach, USA. Ananda Breed is Professor in Theatre in the School of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Lincoln, UK. Eva-Marie Dubuisson is Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology in the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. "This wonderfully rich collection reaches across a hundred years to give us an uncommon look at the foundations of Kazakh and Kyrgyz social worlds. Moving well beyond Central Asia in its importance, it reminds us that “ministry of culture” has been cultivated by rural teachers and poets as readily as by national leaders, and across registers of gender, generation, and class." --Bruce Grant, Department of Anthropology, New York University, USA.

Ethnology—Asia. --- Cultural studies. --- Asian Culture. --- Cultural Studies. --- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) --- Civilization. --- 新疆维吾尔自治区 (China) --- Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu (China) --- Hsin-chiang Wei-wu-erh tzu chih chʻü (China) --- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Autonomes Gebiet Xinjiang der Uiguren (China) --- Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- XUAR (China) --- East Turkestan (China) --- Chinese Turkestan (China) --- Turkistān al-Sharqīyah (China) --- Sinčhīang (China : Autonomous region) --- Khēt Kānpokkhrō̜ngtonʻēng Sinčhīang ʻUikū (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡nskiĭ uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon KNP (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n (China) --- Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- Shinkyō Uiguru Jichiku (China) --- Hsin-chiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Xinjiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Shyn︠g︡zhan︠g︡ (China : Autonomous region) --- Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (China) --- Xinjiang weiwu'er zizhiqu ren min zheng fu (China) --- Sinjiyang (China : Autonomous region) --- SUAR (China) --- SUAR KNP (China) --- Doğu Türkistan (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgurii︠a︡ (China) --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan (China) --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ (China) --- Kashgarii︠a︡ (China) --- 東突厥斯坦 (China) --- Dong Tujuesitan (China) --- East Turkistan (China) --- Eastern Turkistan (China) --- Uyghurstan (China) --- Uyghuristan (China) --- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uĭgurii︠a︡ --- Уйгурия --- Kashkarii︠a︡ --- Кашгария --- I︠a︡rkendskoe gosudarstvo Saidii︠a︡ --- Яркендское государство Саидия --- I︠a︡rkend state of Saidi︠a︡ --- Malai︠a︡ Bukharii︠a︡ --- Малая Бухария --- Small Bukharii︠a︡, --- Altyshar --- Алтышар --- Ĭettishar --- Йеттишар --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ --- Джунгария --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan --- Восточный Туркестан --- Eastern Turkestan --- Vostochno-Turkestanskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Восточно-Туркестанская Республика --- Eastern-Turkestan Republic --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Avtonomnyĭ Raiʹon (China) --- Синьцзян-Уйгур Автономный Район (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Autonomous Region --- Xinjiang Sheng (China)

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This book analyses the Uyghur community, presenting a brief historical background of the Uyghurs and debating the challenges of emerging Uyghur nationalism in the early 20th century. It elaborates on key issues within the community, such as the identity and current state of religion and worship. It also offers a thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of the Uyghur diaspora, addressing the issue of identity politics, the position of the Uyghurs in Central Asia, and the relations of the Uyghurs with Beijing, notably analyzing the 2009 Urumqi clashes and their long term impact on Turkish-Chinese relations. Re-examining Urghur identity through the lens of history, religion and politics, this is a key read for all scholars interested in China, Eurasia and questions of ethnicity and religion.

Political science. --- Religion and sociology. --- Asia --- International relations. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- International Relations. --- Asian History. --- Religion and Society. --- History. --- Uighur (Turkic people) --- Ethnic identity. --- Politics and government. --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples --- Asia-History. --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Asia—History. --- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) --- History --- Autonomy and independence movements. --- 新疆维吾尔自治区 (China) --- Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu (China) --- Hsin-chiang Wei-wu-erh tzu chih chʻü (China) --- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Autonomes Gebiet Xinjiang der Uiguren (China) --- Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- XUAR (China) --- East Turkestan (China) --- Chinese Turkestan (China) --- Turkistān al-Sharqīyah (China) --- Sinčhīang (China : Autonomous region) --- Khēt Kānpokkhrō̜ngtonʻēng Sinčhīang ʻUikū (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡nskiĭ uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon KNP (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n (China) --- Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- Shinkyō Uiguru Jichiku (China) --- Hsin-chiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Xinjiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Shyn︠g︡zhan︠g︡ (China : Autonomous region) --- Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (China) --- Xinjiang weiwu'er zizhiqu ren min zheng fu (China) --- Sinjiyang (China : Autonomous region) --- SUAR (China) --- SUAR KNP (China) --- Doğu Türkistan (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgurii︠a︡ (China) --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan (China) --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ (China) --- Kashgarii︠a︡ (China) --- 東突厥斯坦 (China) --- Dong Tujuesitan (China) --- East Turkistan (China) --- Eastern Turkistan (China) --- Uyghurstan (China) --- Uyghuristan (China) --- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uĭgurii︠a︡ --- Уйгурия --- Kashkarii︠a︡ --- Кашгария --- I︠a︡rkendskoe gosudarstvo Saidii︠a︡ --- Яркендское государство Саидия --- I︠a︡rkend state of Saidi︠a︡ --- Malai︠a︡ Bukharii︠a︡ --- Малая Бухария --- Small Bukharii︠a︡, --- Altyshar --- Алтышар --- Ĭettishar --- Йеттишар --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ --- Джунгария --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan --- Восточный Туркестан --- Eastern Turkestan --- Vostochno-Turkestanskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Восточно-Туркестанская Республика --- Eastern-Turkestan Republic --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Avtonomnyĭ Raiʹon (China) --- Синьцзян-Уйгур Автономный Район (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Autonomous Region --- Xinjiang Sheng (China)

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For close to half a century, the Uyghur people of Xinjiang, in northwestern China, have struggled to achieve autonomy and independence. As reflected by recent events, however, their efforts have been met mostly with violent resistance, matched by a sophisticated strategy of state-sanctioned propaganda, dissident broadsides, and viral ethnonational rhetoric. Nevertheless, this Muslim minority remains passionate about establishing and expanding its power within government, and China's leaders continue to push back, refusing to concede any physical and political ground.Beginning wi

Uighur (Turkic people) --- Nationalism --- History --- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) --- China --- Autonomy and independence movements. --- Ethnic relations. --- S25/0500 --- S25/0655 --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Weiwu'er (Turkic people) --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples --- Xinjiang--History (Uigurs come here) --- Xinjiang--Relations with China --- 新疆维吾尔自治区 (China) --- Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu (China) --- Hsin-chiang Wei-wu-erh tzu chih chʻü (China) --- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Autonomes Gebiet Xinjiang der Uiguren (China) --- Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- XUAR (China) --- East Turkestan (China) --- Chinese Turkestan (China) --- Turkistān al-Sharqīyah (China) --- Sinčhīang (China : Autonomous region) --- Khēt Kānpokkhrō̜ngtonʻēng Sinčhīang ʻUikū (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡nskiĭ uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon KNP (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n (China) --- Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- Shinkyō Uiguru Jichiku (China) --- Hsin-chiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Xinjiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Shyn︠g︡zhan︠g︡ (China : Autonomous region) --- Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (China) --- Xinjiang weiwu'er zizhiqu ren min zheng fu (China) --- Sinjiyang (China : Autonomous region) --- SUAR (China) --- SUAR KNP (China) --- Doğu Türkistan (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgurii︠a︡ (China) --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan (China) --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ (China) --- Kashgarii︠a︡ (China) --- 東突厥斯坦 (China) --- Dong Tujuesitan (China) --- East Turkistan (China) --- Eastern Turkistan (China) --- Uyghurstan (China) --- Uyghuristan (China) --- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uĭgurii︠a︡ --- Уйгурия --- Kashkarii︠a︡ --- Кашгария --- I︠a︡rkendskoe gosudarstvo Saidii︠a︡ --- Яркендское государство Саидия --- I︠a︡rkend state of Saidi︠a︡ --- Malai︠a︡ Bukharii︠a︡ --- Малая Бухария --- Small Bukharii︠a︡, --- Altyshar --- Алтышар --- Ĭettishar --- Йеттишар --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ --- Джунгария --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan --- Восточный Туркестан --- Eastern Turkestan --- Vostochno-Turkestanskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Восточно-Туркестанская Республика --- Eastern-Turkestan Republic --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Avtonomnyĭ Raiʹon (China) --- Синьцзян-Уйгур Автономный Район (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Autonomous Region --- Xinjiang Sheng (China) --- Sociology of minorities --- National movements --- Northwest China --- Nationalism. --- Uighur (Turkic people). --- 1900-1999. --- China.

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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’.

Uighur (Turkic people) --- Government, Resistance to --- Civil resistance --- Non-resistance to government --- Resistance to government --- Political science --- Political violence --- Insurgency --- Nonviolence --- Revolutions --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Weiwu'er (Turkic people) --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples --- Ethnic identity. --- Government relations. --- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) --- 新疆维吾尔自治区 (China) --- Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu (China) --- Hsin-chiang Wei-wu-erh tzu chih chʻü (China) --- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Autonomes Gebiet Xinjiang der Uiguren (China) --- Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- XUAR (China) --- East Turkestan (China) --- Chinese Turkestan (China) --- Turkistān al-Sharqīyah (China) --- Sinčhīang (China : Autonomous region) --- Khēt Kānpokkhrō̜ngtonʻēng Sinčhīang ʻUikū (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡nskiĭ uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon KNP (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n (China) --- Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- Shinkyō Uiguru Jichiku (China) --- Hsin-chiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Xinjiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Shyn︠g︡zhan︠g︡ (China : Autonomous region) --- Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (China) --- Xinjiang weiwu'er zizhiqu ren min zheng fu (China) --- Sinjiyang (China : Autonomous region) --- SUAR (China) --- SUAR KNP (China) --- Doğu Türkistan (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgurii︠a︡ (China) --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan (China) --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ (China) --- Kashgarii︠a︡ (China) --- 東突厥斯坦 (China) --- Dong Tujuesitan (China) --- East Turkistan (China) --- Eastern Turkistan (China) --- Uyghurstan (China) --- Uyghuristan (China) --- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uĭgurii︠a︡ --- Уйгурия --- Kashkarii︠a︡ --- Кашгария --- I︠a︡rkendskoe gosudarstvo Saidii︠a︡ --- Яркендское государство Саидия --- I︠a︡rkend state of Saidi︠a︡ --- Malai︠a︡ Bukharii︠a︡ --- Малая Бухария --- Small Bukharii︠a︡, --- Altyshar --- Алтышар --- Ĭettishar --- Йеттишар --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ --- Джунгария --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan --- Восточный Туркестан --- Eastern Turkestan --- Vostochno-Turkestanskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Восточно-Туркестанская Республика --- Eastern-Turkestan Republic --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Avtonomnyĭ Raiʹon (China) --- Синьцзян-Уйгур Автономный Район (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Autonomous Region --- Xinjiang Sheng (China) --- Ethnic relations. --- Political resistance

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Central Asia and Xinjiang - the far north-western province of China - are of increasing international importance. The United States, having established military bases in Central Asia after September 2001, has now become a force in what was previously predominantly a Russian sphere of influence; whilst China, Russia and Iran all continue to exert strong influence. These external, international influences have had a significant impact on local politics, with the overthrow of a long-standing regime in Kyrgyzstan, continued unrest and opposition to the current regime in Uzbekistan and the inten

Uighur (Turkic people) --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Weiwu'er (Turkic people) --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples --- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) --- Asia, Central --- China --- Central Asia --- Soviet Central Asia --- Tūrān --- Turkestan --- West Turkestan --- Asia --- 新疆维吾尔自治区 (China) --- Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu (China) --- Hsin-chiang Wei-wu-erh tzu chih chʻü (China) --- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Autonomes Gebiet Xinjiang der Uiguren (China) --- Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- XUAR (China) --- East Turkestan (China) --- Chinese Turkestan (China) --- Turkistān al-Sharqīyah (China) --- Sinčhīang (China : Autonomous region) --- Khēt Kānpokkhrō̜ngtonʻēng Sinčhīang ʻUikū (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡nskiĭ uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-uĭgurskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon KNP (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n (China) --- Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uigur Autonomous Region (China) --- Shinkyō Uiguru Jichiku (China) --- Hsin-chiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Xinjiang (China : Autonomous region) --- Shyn︠g︡zhan︠g︡ (China : Autonomous region) --- Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (China) --- Xinjiang weiwu'er zizhiqu ren min zheng fu (China) --- Sinjiyang (China : Autonomous region) --- SUAR (China) --- SUAR KNP (China) --- Doğu Türkistan (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgurii︠a︡ (China) --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan (China) --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ (China) --- Kashgarii︠a︡ (China) --- 東突厥斯坦 (China) --- Dong Tujuesitan (China) --- East Turkistan (China) --- Eastern Turkistan (China) --- Uyghurstan (China) --- Uyghuristan (China) --- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China) --- Uĭgurii︠a︡ --- Уйгурия --- Kashkarii︠a︡ --- Кашгария --- I︠a︡rkendskoe gosudarstvo Saidii︠a︡ --- Яркендское государство Саидия --- I︠a︡rkend state of Saidi︠a︡ --- Malai︠a︡ Bukharii︠a︡ --- Малая Бухария --- Small Bukharii︠a︡, --- Altyshar --- Алтышар --- Ĭettishar --- Йеттишар --- Dzhungarii︠a︡ --- Джунгария --- Vostochnyĭ Turkestan --- Восточный Туркестан --- Eastern Turkestan --- Vostochno-Turkestanskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Восточно-Туркестанская Республика --- Eastern-Turkestan Republic --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Avtonomnyĭ Raiʹon (China) --- Синьцзян-Уйгур Автономный Район (China) --- Sinʹt︠s︡zi︠a︡n-Uĭgur Autonomous Region --- Xinjiang Sheng (China) --- Relations --- History. --- Politics and government