{"product_id":"kashgar-revisited-uyghur-studies-in-memory-of-ambassador-gunnar-jarring-9789004322974","title":"Kashgar Revisited: Uyghur Studies in Memory of Ambassador Gunnar Jarring","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilding on the rich scholarly legacy of Gunnar Jarring, the Swedish Turkologist and diplomat, the fourteen contributions by sixteen authors representing a variety of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences provide an insight into ongoing research trends in Uyghur and Xinjiang Studies. In one way or other all the chapters explore how new research in the fields of history, linguistics, anthropology and folklore can contribute to our understanding of Xinjiang’s past and present, simultaneously pointing to those social and knowledge practices that Uyghurs today can claim as part of their traditions in order to reproduce and perpetuate their cultural identity. Contributors include: Ildikó Bellér-Hann, Rahile Dawut, Arienne Dwyer, Fredrik Fällman, Chris Hann, Dilmurat Mahmut, Takahiro Onuma, Alexandre Papas, Eric Schluessel, Birgit Schlyter, Joanne Smith Finley, Rune Steenberg Jun Sugawara, Äsäd Sulaiman, Abdurishid Yakup, Thierry Zarcone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface List of Figures and Tables  A Note on Transliteration and Spelling Notes on Contributors  Introduction: In the Footsteps of Ambassador Gunnar Jarring    Ildikó Bellér-Hann, Birgit N. Schlyter, Jun Sugawara  Part 1: Language 1  From the Private Library of Gunnar Jarring and His New Eastern Turki Dictionary    Birgit N. Schlyter 2  Manuscript Technologies, Writing, and Reading in Early 20th Century Kashgar    Arienne M. Dwyer 3  From Eastern Turki to Modern Uyghur: A Lexicological Study of Prints from the Swedish Mission Press in Kashgar (1892–1938)    Äsäd Sulaiman 4  The Khotan Varieties of Uyghur as Seen in Jarring’s Transcription    Abdurishid Yakup  Part 2: History 5  The 1795 Khoqand Mission and Its Negotiations with the Qing: Political and Diplomatic Space of Qing Kashgaria    Takahiro Onuma 6  Muslims at the Yamen Gate: Translating Justice in Late-Qing Xinjiang    Eric T. Schluessel 7  Models and Realities: Aspects of Format in Real Estate Deeds under Conditions of Legal Pluralism in Xinjiang    Jun Sugawara 8  Muslim Reformism in Xinjiang: Reading the Newspaper Yengī Ḥayāt (1934–1937)    Alexandre Papas 9  Defining the Past and Shaping the Future: Reflections on Xinjiang Narratives, Uyghur-Han-Hui Relations, and the Perspectives of Research    Fredrik Fällman  Part 3: Religion 10  Writing the Religious and Social History of Some Sufi Lodges in Kashgar in the 20th Century    Thierry Zarcone 11  Ordam Mazar: A Meeting Place for Different Practices and Belief Systems in Culturally Diverse Xinjiang    Rahile Dawut 12  Magic, Science, and Religion in Eastern Xinjiang    Chris Hann and Ildikó Bellér-Hann  Part 4: Kinship and Gender 13  “Keep the wealth within the Family”: Cousin Marriage and Swedish Uncles in Kashgar    Rune Steenberg 14  “A man works on the land, a woman works for her man”: Building on Jarring’s Fascination with Eastern Turki Proverbs    Dilmurat Mahmut [Dilimulati Maihemuti] and Joanne Smith Finley   Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210688848215,"sku":"9789004322974","price":121.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kashgar-revisited-uyghur-studies-in-memory-of-ambassador-gunnar-jarring-9789004322974","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}