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The Sinicized self: prejudice, epistemology and Uyghur perceptions of their bodies

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posted on 2023-06-09, 18:18 authored by James McMurrayJames McMurray
The ‘Sinicization’ of the Uyghur world – that is, the pervasive progression of Chinese influence into it – is a familiar topic of both Uyghur complaint and academic writing on Xinjiang. In this article, I discuss the striking appearance of this same motif in reference to the Sinicization of the physical Uyghur body, and use this example to argue that the communally enforced moral separation of the Uyghur from the Chinese, and the particular understanding of history that underpins this, have epistemological consequences for how the Uyghur people see themselves and the world.

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  • Published

Journal

Central Asian Survey

ISSN

0263-4937

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

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  • Anthropology Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Asia Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2019-07-04

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