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The Art of Symbolic Resistance
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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’.
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Keywords
- Asia
- Boundaries
- Central Asia
- China
- Culture
- East Asia, Far East
- Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
- ethnic studies
- Ethnicity
- Geographical Qualifiers
- hybridisation
- inequality
- Islam
- Nationalism
- Politics
- Representation
- Social discrimination & inequality
- Social groups
- Social issues & processes
- Society & culture: general
- Society & Social Sciences
- stereotypes
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DOI: 10.1163/9789004256781Editions