The Uyghur Community Diaspora, Identity and Geopolitics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kurmangaliyeva Ercilasun, Güljanat (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ercilasun, Konuralp (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Politics and History in Central Asia
• Subjects: International relations.; Asia-History.; Religion and sociology.; International Relations.; Asian History.; Religion and Society.

This book analyses the Uyghur community, presenting a brief historical background of the Uyghurs and debating the challenges of emerging Uyghur nationalism in the early 20th century. It elaborates on key issues within the community, such as the identity and current state of religion and worship. It...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Land, the People and the Politics in a Historical Context
• A View from the 19th Century: Eastern Turkistanese-Chinese Cultural Relations in Shoqan Walikhanov's Works
• Factors and Challenges of Uyghur Nationalism in Early 20th Century
• Religion and the Uyghurs: A Contemporary Overview
• Constructing the Uyghur Diaspora: Identity Politics and the Transnational Uyghur Community
• Bordered conscience: Uyghurs of Central Asia
• Dialogue of the Deaf: The Role of Uyghur Diaspora Organizations versus Beijing
• Urumqi Clashes: The Reactions and The Aftermath
• The Uyghur Factor in Turkish-Chinese Relations After the Urumqi Events.