Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora - Restorying a Genocide

This book explores the life stories of ten Uyghur women, all prominent political activists in the international Uyghur advocacy movement. Born and raised in East Turkestan/Xinjiang in the 1970s-90s, each woman departed from China before 2005 and chose to settle in Western countries. Today, they work tirelessly to defend the rights of Uyghurs and Turkic peoples in China, to raise public awareness of the PRC’s campaign of colonization and population reduction, recognized by eight countries today as a genocide. These narratives are based on interviews conducted over Skype or Zoom between 2020 and 2021, collected as a form of oral history. Relying on techniques of narrative analysis, the book focuses on the escalating tensions, turning points and other motivating factors (religious, political, psychological) that prompted their transformation in self-identity, ideology, and the emergence of a new Uyghur-Muslim feminism. The book describes how these women activists are navigating the competing reality constructions of the situation in Xinjiang, and effectively restorying a genocide that is ongoing in their homeland to bring about social and political change.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
Release date:	April 2024
Authors:	Susan J. Palmer • Dilmurat Mahmut • Abdulmuqtedir Udun
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-41833-2
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-350-41833-1
Barcode:	9781350418332

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