Down a Narrow Road

Identity and Masculinity in a Uyghur Community in Xinjiang China

Author:
Jay Dautcher
Copyright Year:
2009
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978-1-68417-485-0
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17 Mar 2020
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Preliminary Material
Pages: i–xix
Introduction
Pages: 1–6
Local Identities of Space and Place
Pages: 7–9
The Blessed Home
Residence and Identity in a Uyghur Neighborhood
Pages: 11–31
Yining’s Mehelle as Suburban Periphery
Pages: 32–47
Desettling the Land
The Destruction of Uyghur Chthonic Identity
Pages: 48–59
Gender and the Life Cycle
Pages: 61–65
Gleaming Eyes, Evil Eyes
Cradle and Cure in Uyghur Child Rearing
Pages: 67–91
At Play in the Mehelle
The Language and Lore of Uyghur Childhood
Pages: 92–113
Marriage, Mistresses, and Masculinity
Gender and Adult Social Life
Pages: 114–142
The Pretty Olturash
Masculinity and Moral Order in Adult Play
Pages: 143–167
“Women have hair, men have nicknames”
Uyghur Nicknaming Practices
Pages: 168–197
Markets and Merchants on the Silk Road
Pages: 199–201
Merchants and Markets in the Mehelle
Pages: 203–227
Yining’s Border Trade
Trader-Tourism and Uyghur Sojourning
Pages: 228–250
Islam in the Mehelle
The Social Dimensions of Uyghur Religious Practice
Pages: 251–253
The False Hajim and the Bad Meshrep
Piety and Politics in Uyghur Islam
Pages: 255–282
The Hungry Guest
Rhetoric, Reverence, and Reversal in a Uyghur Ramadan
Pages: 283–303
Epilogue
Pages: 305–309
Glossary
Pages: 311–314
Notes
Pages: 315–328
Works Cited
Pages: 329–338
Index
Pages: 339–349
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Pages: 351–362
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Publisher:
Harvard University Asia Center
Language:
English
Pages:
382 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9781684174850

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