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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
10 Oct 2004
Introduction to Uyghur
Nathan Light, University of Toledo, OH, USA,
Self-description:
"This page is an online introduction to Uyghur history
and culture, and to my research on the politics of Uyghur musical history.
Many of the sources I have linked here are biased presentations, either
assuming with the Chinese that what they call the Xinjiang (meaning 'New
Territory') Uygur Autonomous Region was always a part of China, or
presenting the Uyghur nationalist view that there should be a separate
Uyghur state. This makes these interesting materials to read, but highly
rhetorical. The Xinjiang region is neither purely Uyghur, nor historically a
part of China. [...] I have created this page in order to help non-Uyghurs
to go beyond limited ideas about Uyghur culture and history based in
popularized archeology and romanticized travel accounts, towards a deeper
recognition of the Uyghurs' rich cultural traditions that endure despite
present political difficulties and economic changes."
Site contents:
(1) Basic Information Sources (Maps; Satellite Images; Online Databases;
Uyghur Language; Unicode Google Searches); (2) News Sources; (3) Uyghur
Culture (Music, Films, Art, Literature); (4) Activist and Nationalist Sites
and Analysis; (5) Politics of history, especially lingering racist
mythologies; (6) Travel and Photographs; (7) Bibliographies on Uyghur
History, Literature and Culture; (8) Photos of Uyghur Life, Art and Material
Culture.
URL http://www.utoledo.edu/~nlight/uyghpg.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.utoledo.edu/~nlight/uyghpg.htm
Link reported by: Jan Rosseel, Leiden University,
Leiden, The Netherlands, forwarded by Hanno Lecher - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
(http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300
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