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Uyguristic --- Turkish --- literature --- folklore --- turcology --- language --- Uighur (Turkic people) --- Uighur diaspora --- Turks --- Research --- Uighur diaspora. --- Turkish people --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples --- Diaspora, Uighur --- Human geography --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Weiwu'er (Turkic people) --- Diaspora --- Migrations --- uyguristic --- turkish

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For 250 years, the Turkic Muslims of Altishahr-the vast desert region to the northwest of Tibet-have led an uneasy existence under Chinese rule. Today they call themselves Uyghurs, and they have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's official national narrative. Rian Thum argues that the roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage dominated understandings of the past. Beyond broadening our knowledge of tensions between the Uyghurs and the Chinese government, this meditation on the very concept of history probes the limits of human interaction with the past. Uyghur historical practice emerged from the circulation of books and people during the Qing Dynasty, when crowds of pilgrims listened to history readings at the tombs of Islamic saints. Over time, amid long journeys and moving rituals, at oasis markets and desert shrines, ordinary readers adapted community-authored manuscripts to their own needs. In the process they created a window into a forgotten Islam, shaped by the veneration of local saints. Partly insulated from the rest of the Islamic world, the Uyghurs constructed a local history that is at once unique and assimilates elements of Semitic, Iranic, Turkic, and Indic traditions-the cultural imports of Silk Road travelers. Through both ethnographic and historical analysis, The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History offers a new understanding of Uyghur historical practices, detailing the remarkable means by which this people reckons with its past and confronts its nationalist aspirations in the present day.

Uighur (Turkic people) --- Manuscripts, Uighur --- Islam --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Sacred space --- Nationalism --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Pilgrimages and pilgrims --- Processions, Religious --- Travelers --- Voyages and travels --- Shrines --- Mohammedanism --- Muhammadanism --- Muslimism --- Mussulmanism --- Religions --- Muslims --- Uighur manuscripts --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Weiwu'er (Turkic people) --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples --- Historiography. --- Travel. --- Intellectual life. --- Religion. --- History. --- Manuscripts --- Takla Makan Desert Region (China) --- History, Local. --- Spiritual tourism

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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