The Resource The sacred routes of Uyghur history, Rian Thum
The sacred routes of Uyghur history, Rian Thum
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 323 pages
- Contents
-
- Note on orthography
- The historical canon
- Manuscript technology
- The shrine
- History in motion
- Saints of the nation
- The state
- Isbn
- 9780674598553
- Label
- The sacred routes of Uyghur history
- Title
- The sacred routes of Uyghur history
- Statement of responsibility
- Rian Thum
- Subject
-
- Heiligenverehrung
- Heliga platser
- Historiografi
- Islam
- Islam -- China | Takla Makan Desert -- Manuscripts | History
- Kulturelle Identität
- Manuscripts, Uighur -- History
- Nationalbewusstsein
- Nationalism -- China | Takla Makan Desert -- History
- Pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- China | Takla Makan Desert -- History
- Geschichtsbewusstsein
- Sinkiang
- Takla Makan Desert (China) -- History, Local
- Uighur (Turkic people) -- Historiography
- Uighur (Turkic people) -- Intellectual life
- Uighur (Turkic people) -- Religion
- Uighur (Turkic people) -- Travel
- Uiguren
- Uigurer -- historia
- Uigurer -- idéhistoriska aspekter
- Uiguriska handskrifter
- Wallfahrt
- Sacred space -- China | Takla Makan Desert -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thum, Rian Richard
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS731.U4
- LC item number
- T48 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Uighur (Turkic people)
- Uighur (Turkic people)
- Uighur (Turkic people)
- Uighur (Turkic people)
- Manuscripts, Uighur
- Islam
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages
- Sacred space
- Takla Makan Desert (China)
- Nationalism
- Uiguren
- Islam
- Heiligenverehrung
- Wallfahrt
- Kulturelle Identität
- Nationalbewusstsein
- Geschichtsbewusstsein
- Sinkiang
- Historiografi
- Uigurer
- Uigurer
- Uiguriska handskrifter
- Pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder
- Heliga platser
- Label
- The sacred routes of Uyghur history, Rian Thum
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Note on orthography -- The historical canon -- Manuscript technology -- The shrine -- History in motion -- Saints of the nation -- The state
- Control code
- 875999894
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 323 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674598553
- Lccn
- 2014006244
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875999894
- Label
- The sacred routes of Uyghur history, Rian Thum
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Note on orthography -- The historical canon -- Manuscript technology -- The shrine -- History in motion -- Saints of the nation -- The state
- Control code
- 875999894
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 323 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674598553
- Lccn
- 2014006244
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875999894
Subject
- Heiligenverehrung
- Heliga platser
- Historiografi
- Islam
- Islam -- China | Takla Makan Desert -- Manuscripts | History
- Kulturelle Identität
- Manuscripts, Uighur -- History
- Nationalbewusstsein
- Nationalism -- China | Takla Makan Desert -- History
- Pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- China | Takla Makan Desert -- History
- Geschichtsbewusstsein
- Sinkiang
- Takla Makan Desert (China) -- History, Local
- Uighur (Turkic people) -- Historiography
- Uighur (Turkic people) -- Intellectual life
- Uighur (Turkic people) -- Religion
- Uighur (Turkic people) -- Travel
- Uiguren
- Uigurer -- historia
- Uigurer -- idéhistoriska aspekter
- Uiguriska handskrifter
- Wallfahrt
- Sacred space -- China | Takla Makan Desert -- History
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