McMillen, Don (2000) Oasis identities: Uyghur nationalism along China's Silk Road 1997 by Justin Jon Rudelson [Book review]. Asian Ethnicity, 1 (1). pp. 86-87. ISSN 1463-1369
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This excellent, and important, volume is the result of the �first prolonged anthropological fieldwork ever conducted in modern Xinjiang. Based upon work done there in 1985–90, it explores the inter- and intra-ethnic tensions that foster or undermine `minority nationalism’ and demonstrates how geographical and social boundaries shape competing ethnic identities at the local oasis and regional levels. As the author, Justin Rudelson, notes, `… by piecing together Uyghur history, I learned something startling: as they are presently de� ned, the modern Uyghurs have existed only since 1935’ (pp. 4–5). Prior to that year, he adds, the name Uyghur was not associated with Islam. This prompted the author to trace the shifts in Uyghur identity over its 1,200-year existence.
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