21st century
A01=Tom Cliff
anthropology
Author_Tom Cliff
Category=JBSL
Category=JHMC
china
chinese
cultural ancestry
culture
development
east asia
economic repression
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eq_society-politics
ethnic group
ethnography
han
human societies
humanity
institutions
mobility
motivations
nation building
national politics
oil elite
oral history
people
political concerns
settlers
social conditions
stability
state
traditions
uyghur
xinjiang
Product details
- ISBN 9780226359939
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 16 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jun 2016
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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For decades, China’s Xinjiang region has been the site of clashes between long-residing Uyghur and Han settlers. Up until now, much scholarly attention has been paid to state actions and the Uyghur’s efforts to resist cultural and economic repression. This has left the other half of the puzzle—the motivations and ambitions of Han settlers themselves—sorely understudied.
With Oil and Water, anthropologist Tom Cliff offers the first ethnographic study of Han in Xinjiang, using in-depth vignettes, oral histories, and more than fifty original photographs to explore how and why they became the people they are now. By shifting focus to the lived experience of ordinary Han settlers, Oil and Water provides an entirely new perspective on Chinese nation building in the twenty-first century and demonstrates the vital role that Xinjiang Han play in national politics—not simply as Beijing’s pawns, but as individuals pursuing their own survival and dreams on the frontier.
With Oil and Water, anthropologist Tom Cliff offers the first ethnographic study of Han in Xinjiang, using in-depth vignettes, oral histories, and more than fifty original photographs to explore how and why they became the people they are now. By shifting focus to the lived experience of ordinary Han settlers, Oil and Water provides an entirely new perspective on Chinese nation building in the twenty-first century and demonstrates the vital role that Xinjiang Han play in national politics—not simply as Beijing’s pawns, but as individuals pursuing their own survival and dreams on the frontier.
