Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central AsiaIldikó Bellér-Hann This volume offers a unique insight into the social and cultural hybridity of the Uyghurs, an officially recognised minority mainly inhabiting the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, with significant populations also living in the Central Asian states. |
Contents
Us and Them in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Xinjiang | 15 |
Between the Arab World | 69 |
Uyghur Literary Representations of Xinjiang Realities | 89 |
Problems Surrounding | 109 |
Situating Uyghur Life Cycle Rituals Between China | 131 |
Situating Uyghur Food Between | 185 |
A Portrait of a Uyghur Community | 203 |
Ethnic Anomaly or Modern Uyghur Survivor? | 219 |
Conclusion | 239 |
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Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia Ildiko Beller-Hann,M. Cristina Cesaro,Joanne Smith Finley No preview available - 2016 |
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