Uyghur Society

Kashgar Prints (1892-1938)

Prints from the Swedish Mission in Kashgar The following bibliography is a list of literature produced by Swedish missionaries in Xinjiang, China, between the years 1892 and 1938. In those days it was common to denote the region as Eastern Turkestan. The Swedish missionaries, too, used this name. They called the region Östturkestan (Eastern Turkestan) and referred to the Turkic language spoken by the oasis dwellers in this region östturkiska/ostturkiska (Eastern Turki), which later developed into what is today known as modern Uyghur. Missionary work among the Turkic-speaking Muslim people was conducted at three missionary stations set up in Kashgar, Yarkand and Yengi-Hisar. Efforts focused on the Chinese population took place at a...


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Uyghur Music (Collection)

  • Anderson, A. (2019). Uyghur Musical Tradition in a Time of Re Education (Pdf)
  • Anderson, E. (2012). The Construction of Amannisa Khan As a Uyghur Musical Culture Hero (Pdf)
  • Baranovitch, N. (2007). Uyghur Popular Music and Changing Attitudes Among Uyghur Youth (Pdf)
  • Harris, R. (2005). The Globalization of Uyghur Pop (Pdf)
  • Harris, R. (2012). Temporal Shifts and Transnational Networks of Sentiment in Uyghur Song (Pdf)

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Uyghur History (Collection)

  • Allworth, E. A. (1994). Modern Uzbeks from the 14th Century to the Present a Cultural History (Pdf)
  • Beller-Hann, I. (2008). Community Matters in Xinjiang 1880 1949 Towards a Historical Anthropology of the Uyghur Ildiko Beller Hann (Pdf)
  • Bellew, H. W. (1875). Kashmir and Kashghar a Narrative of the Journey of the Embassy to Kashghar in 1873 (Pdf)
  • Bergman, F. (1939). Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang (Pdf)
  • Brophy, D. (2016). Uyghur Nation Reform and Revolution (Pdf)

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Islam (Collected Studies)

  • Caksu, A. (2020). Islamophobia Chinese Style (Pdf)
  • Davis, E. V. W. (2008). Uyghur Muslim Ethnic Separatism in Xinjiang China (Pdf)
  • Dawut, R. (2002). Mazar Festivals of the Uyghurs Music Islam and the Chinese State (Pdf)
  • Dawut, R. (2009). Shrine Pilgrimage Among the Uighurs (Pdf)
  • Dawut, R. (2012). Desert Mazar in Context (Pdf)

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Uyghur Women (Collected Studies)

  • Abramson, K. (2012). Gender Uyghur Identity and the Story of Nuzugum (Pdf)
  • Anderson, E. (2012). The Construction of Amannisa Khan As a Uyghur Musical Culture Hero (Pdf)
  • Atsiz, M. (2021). Kokturkce Ve Eski Uygurcada Kadin Ile Ilgili Kavramlar (Pdf)
  • Cui, Y. (2021). Becoming Uyghur Elites How Uyghur Women Egotiate Their Gendered Identities (Pdf)
  • Genc, Z. (2009). Uygurlarda Kadin (Pdf)

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Geopolitics & Economics

  • Adriano, P. R. (2013). Violence Resistance in Xinjiang China (Pdf)
  • Baranovitch, N. (2003). From the Margins to the Centre the Uyghur Challenge in Beijing (Pdf)
  • Beller-Hann, I. (2014). On the Fringes of the Harmonious Society (Pdf)
  • Bovingdon, G. (2002). Uyghur Resistance to Han Rule in Xinjiang (Pdf)
  • Byler, D. T. (2018). Uyghur Dispossession Culture Work and Terror Capitalism in a Chinese Global City (Pdf)

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Uyghur Identity (Collection)

  • Adriano, P. R. (2013). Violence Resistance in Xinjiang China (Pdf)
  • Baranovitch, N. (2003). From the Margins to the Centre the Uyghur Challenge in Beijing (Pdf)
  • Beller-Hann, I. (2014). On the Fringes of the Harmonious Society (Pdf)
  • Bergman, F. (1939). Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang (Pdf)
  • Bovingdon, G. (2002). Uyghur Resistance to Han Rule in Xinjiang (Pdf)

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