Full Description
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 problem of Xinjiang and the 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.
Contents
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Labour transitions and social inequalities in Tibet and Xinjiang (Andrew Fischer) The Open Up the West Campaign among Uyghurs in Xinjiang (Henryk Szadziewski) 4. Construction of a Commodity Hierarchy and Politics of Difference in Lhasa (Tracy Zhan) 5. The Separation of Pastoralists from Pasture on the Tibetan Plateau (Tashi Nyima) 6. New Settlements on the Tibetan Plateau of Amdo-Qinghai (Elisa Cencetti) 7. Language, Education and Social Mobility among Rural Uyghurs (Chris Hann) 8. New Paradigms for the Defence of Tibetan Language (Francoise Robin) 9. Tibet in China's Environmental Movement (Emily Yeh) 10. Contesting Harmony in TV Drama: Ethnic Intermarriage in Xinjiang Girls (Joanne Smith Finley) 11. Sound and Meaning in Rural Uyghur Religious Practice (Rachel Harris) 12. The 'nation' and language in Uyghur social thought (Eric Schluessel) Index.
