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People, Place, Race, and Nation in Xinjiang, China Territories of Identity

David O’Brien is a Research Associate with the Faculty of East Asian Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. His research focusses on ethnic identity in contemporary China and the interplay between ethnicity and politics. Melissa Shani Brown is affiliated with the Faculty of East Asian Studies, R...

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Main Authors: O’Brien, David, Brown, Melissa Shani (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Subjects:
Politics And Religion
Ethnology
China / History
Ethnography
Religion And Politics
Race And Ethnicity Studies
Race
History Of China
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Being and Becoming Chinese: Nation, Ethnicity, Race in Xinjiang
  • Chapter 3. Killing the Weeds: The Re-education Camps, Carcinogenic Culture, and Techniques of Modernization
  • Chapter 4. Everyday Others: ethnic divides in Xinjiang
  • Chapter 5. The Ethnicity of Time: Policing Identity through Practices
  • Chapter 6. Ethnic Difference as a Mortal Threat: the Ürümchi Riots
  • Chapter 7. The Past as Envisioned for the Future: Sinicizing Historicized identities in Xinjiang
  • Chapter 8. Eating the Other: Assimilation and Commodification of Ethnic Difference
  • Chapter 9. Becoming-Modern: Sinicization, Existential Threats, and Secular Time
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion: Futures of the New Frontier

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