Rian Thum The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Sacred Routes of Uyghur HistoryCondition: NewEAN: 9780674598553ISBN: 9780674598553Publisher: Harvard University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 10/13/2014Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Rian ThumLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0674598555Description: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, History, Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History

Title: The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History

EAN: 9780674598553

ISBN: 9780674598553

Release Date: 10/13/2014

Release Year: 2014

ISBN-10: 0674598555

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: Society & Culture

Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality

Number of Pages: 336 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Sacred Routes of Uyghur History

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Publication Year: 2014

Item Height: 1 in

Subject: Ethnic Studies / General, Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, General, Islam / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Asia / China, History, Middle East / Turkey

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 20 Oz

Subject Area: Travel, Religion, Référence, Social Science, History

Item Length: 9.2 in

Author: Rian Thum

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Hardcover