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Violence, the State, and a Chinese Muslim Ritual Remembrance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 July 2008
Abstract
This article discusses how contemporary Chinese Muslims in the city of Xi'an remember a massive conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims that devastated northwest China in the Tongzhi period (1862–74) of the Qing dynasty. Every year on the seventeenth day of the fifth lunar month, local Hui hold a series of mourning rituals for the Muslims who died at that time. They recount stories about these events during the ritual and in other settings. The author uses Bakhtin's concept of “social heteroglossia” to explore the discursive features of three accounts of the violence, arguing that Xi'an Hui memories of this past show the influence of state-sponsored ethnic policies, a religious model of Hui identity, and a less formally articulated collective sentiment (what Raymond Williams calls a “structure of feeling”) based on shared experience. The author discusses how these discourses are disseminated and which factors generate the “structure of feeling” that colors contemporary Muslim accounts of the Tongzhi period, and reflects on the consequences of Xi'an Hui internalization of the state's framework for ethnic identity.
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- Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2008
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List of Characters
- Ahong
阿訇
- Baba
爸爸
- Changxi
唱戏
- Dajiu
大舅
- Gedimu
格迪目
- Guo nietie
过乜贴
- Hanmin
汉民
- Huazhou
华洲
- Hui
回
- Huihui lai le
回回来了
- Huimin
回民
- Huimin qiyi
回民起义
- Huimin shi Musilin de yisi
回民是穆斯林的意思
- Huiminfang
回民坊
- Huini zaofan
回逆造反
- Huizu
回族
- Lao jiao
老教
- Lishi yiliu
历史遗留
- Manla
满拉
- Meiyou qiyi
没有起义
- Minzu
民族
- Minzu chongtu
民族冲突
- Minzu chouhen
民族仇恨
- Minzu maodun
民族矛盾
- Minzu shengcun
民族生存
- Minzu tuanjie
民族团结
- Nana
娜娜
- Ni shi Huimin ma
你是回民吗
- Panluan
叛乱
- Pohuai minzu tuanjie
破坏民族团结
- Qiyi
起义
- Shaoshu minzu
少数民族
- Shen
神
- Shibian
事变
- Tamen de pinwei jao
他们的品位高
- Tongzhi
同治
- Tusha
屠杀
- Wei jiao xisheng
为教牺牲
- Wenhua
文化
- Wo jiaoren
吾教人
- Xi Hui
洗回
- Xie
鞋
- Yeshi
野事
- Zei
贼
- Zha
铡
- Zhenzhu
真主
- Zhongguo
中国
阿訇
爸爸
唱戏
大舅
格迪目
过乜贴
汉民
华洲
回
回回来了
回民
回民起义
回民是穆斯林的意思
回民坊
回逆造反
回族
老教
历史遗留
满拉
没有起义
民族
民族冲突
民族仇恨
民族矛盾
民族生存
民族团结
娜娜
你是回民吗
叛乱
破坏民族团结
起义
少数民族
神
事变
他们的品位高
同治
屠杀
为教牺牲
文化
吾教人
洗回
鞋
野事
贼
铡
真主
中国
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