Securing China''s Northwest Frontier - Identity and Insecurity in Xinjiang

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Securing China on the multi-ethnic frontier; 2. Mass education as an identity-security practice; 3. 'East Turkestan' in China's identity and security narratives; 4. Identity and insecurity after "7-5"; 5. Performing inclusion of the Uyghur other; 6. Han and Uyghur narratives on ethnic and national identity; 7. Han and Uyghur narratives on identity and insecurity; Conclusion: Identity and insecurity in Xinjiang; Appendix 1. Cast of characters; Appendix 2. Lyrics to "one family" - original Mandarin and English translation; Bibliography; Index.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dr David Tobin is Hallsworth Research Fellow at the University of Manchester.

Zusammenfassung

In the first study to incorporate majority Han and minority Uyghur perspectives on ethnic relations in Xinjiang following mass violence during July 2009, David Tobin analyses how official policy shapes identity and security dynamics on China's northwest frontier.

Vorwort

David Tobin analyses how Chinese nation-building shapes identity and security dynamics between Han and Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Tobin, David (University of Manchester) Tobin
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781108726313
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72631-3
• Seiten: 296
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Vergleichende und internationale Politikwissenschaft; China, Xinjiang, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Social and cultural history, Asian History