Unruly speech : displacement and the politics of transgression /

"Based on a long-term ethnography in China, the United States and Germany, "Unruly Speech" explores how Uyghurs in China and in the diaspora transgress sociopolitical limits with "unruly" communication practices in a quest for change. Saskia Witteborn situates her study agai...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Witteborn, Saskia, 1971- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2023]
Series:	Globalization in everyday life.
Subjects:	Uighur (Turkic people) > Communication. Uighur (Turkic people) > Politics and government. Uighur (Turkic people) > China > Government relations. Communication > Political aspects > China. Communication and technology > China. Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) > Name.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Uyghurs and the space of the limit
Conceptual reflections on transgression, communicative practice, and displacement
Xinjiang : unity in inequality
East Turkistan : belonging and human rights
Testimonio as embodied and digital practice
Conclusion: unruly speech and the production of difference.