On the fringes of the harmonious society : Tibetans and Uyghurs in socialist China / edited by Trine Brox and Ildikó Bellér-Hann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brox, Trine, editor.

Bellér-Hann, Ildikó, editor.

James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

Series:

NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 0142-6028 53.

NIAS studies in Asian topics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese autonomous regions.

Uighur (Turkic people)--China.

Uighur (Turkic people).

Tibetans--China.

Tibetans.

Ethnic relations.

China--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

China.

Physical Description:

xvi, 352 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen : NIAS Press, 2014.

Summary:

Since 1949, Tibetans and Uyghurs generally have been perceived as the two most problematic members of the PRC's great family of peoples and been the targets of 'carrot and stick' measures designed to facilitate their integration into the PRC. In recent years, a solution to the problems of Xinjiang and Tibet has been sought in accelerated economic development, yet this is perceived by both groups with great suspicion. Addressing this situation, the volume explores the arenas of socio-economic development and market liberalization, popular culture, urban planning and relocation, environment and ecological migration, civil society education and language, ethno-nationalism, as well as religious policies and practices. It is especially topical at a time when fieldwork in the regions where these two minorities live remains extremely difficult and politically sensitive. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Ildikó Bellér-Hann and Trine Brox

Labour translations and social inequalities in Tibet and Xinjiang: A comparative analysis of the structural foundations of discrimination and protest / Andrew Martin Fischer

The Open Up the West campaign among Uyghurs in Xinjiang: Exploring a rights-based approach / Henryk Szadziewski

Carpet worlds: The construction of a commodity hierarchy and the politics of difference in Lhasa / Tracy Y. Zhang

In the name of conservation and harmonious development: The separation of pastoralists from pastures in Tibet / Tashi Nyima

New settlements on the Tibetan Plateau of Amdo-Qinghai: Spatialized power devices / Elisa Cencetti

Harmonious or homogeneous? Language, education and social mobility in rural Uyghur society / Chris Hann

Streets, slogans and screens: New paradigms for the defence of the Tibetan language / Françoise Robin

Tibet in China's environmental movement / Emily T. Yeh

Contesting harmony through TV drama: Ethnic intermarriage in Xinjiang Girls / Joanne Smith Finley

Harmonizing Islam in Xinjiang: Sound and meaning in rural Uyghur religious practice / Rachel Harris

Thinking beyond harmony: The 'nation' and language in Uyghur social thought / Eric T. Schluessel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9788776941413

8776941418

OCLC:

869208742

Publisher Number:

99956998765