Limits of diaspority in Central Asia: conceptualizing Dungan's multiple belongings

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Limits of diaspority in Central Asia: conceptualizing Dungan's multiple belongings

Original language description

This article shows different ways of defining, understanding and performing 'diaspority' in the border region of Kordai (Kazakhstan) and Tokmok (Kyrgyzstan). Taking the example of Dungan people, as the Sinophone Muslims are known in Central Asia, both academic and political definitions are compared. This ethnographic account problematizes Kazakhstani Shaanxi Dungan 'diaspority'. Together with this, the political definitions of diaspora are also analysed. I show that while in China and Kazakhstan the definitions of the Dungans as a 'diaspora' of 'China' are somewhat complementary, once the Shaanxi Dungan emic perspective is taken into account, this concept becomes rather problematic. The kinds of diaspority defined by the states involved are ways of implementing particular cultural hegemonies that legitimate the two political regimes analysed in this article. Concurrently, this dual diaspority is used by the Dungan people in distinct ways in defining their own identities. Nevertheless, I show in this article that the 'Chinese card' is not necessarily played by all Dungans. Moreover, there are some Dungans for whome 'Chinese-ness' is not even relevant.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central Asian Survey

ISSN

0263-4937

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Volume of the periodical

35

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

387-404

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