PROF Rachel Harris' Outputs (5)

Listening in on Uyghur Wedding Videos: Piety, Tradition, and Self-fashioning (2020)
Book Chapter
Harris, R., & Dawut, R. (2020). Listening in on Uyghur Wedding Videos: Piety, Tradition, and Self-fashioning. In R. Harris, G. Ha, & M. Jaschok (Eds.), Ethnographies of Islam in China. University of Hawai'i Press

Ethnographies of Islam in China (2020)
Book
Harris, R., Ha, G., & Jaschok, M. (Eds.). (2020). Ethnographies of Islam in China. University of Hawai'i Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824886431

In the late 1970s Islam regained its force by generating novel forms of piety and forging new paths in politics throughout the world, including China. The Islamic revival in China, which came to fruition in the 2000s and the 2010s, prompted increases... Read More about Ethnographies of Islam in China.

Nation, Religion, and Social Heat: Heritaging Uyghur Mäshräp in Kazakhstan (2020)
Journal Article
Harris, R., & Kamalov, A. (in press). Nation, Religion, and Social Heat: Heritaging Uyghur Mäshräp in Kazakhstan. Central Asian Survey, 40(1), 9-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2020.1835825

This article brings together archival and ethnographic research to explore the ways that expressive culture and intangible cultural heritage flow across national borders, how transnational communities in Central Asia engage with discourses and practi... Read More about Nation, Religion, and Social Heat: Heritaging Uyghur Mäshräp in Kazakhstan.

Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam (2020)
Book
Harris, R. (2020). Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam. Indiana University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1574p9g

China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is experiencing a crisis of securitization and mass incarceration. In Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam, author Rachel Harris examines the religious practice of a group of Uyghur women in a small village now engulf... Read More about Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam.

“A Weekly Mäshräp to Tackle Extremism”: Music-making in Uyghur Communities and Intangible Cultural Heritage in China (2020)
Journal Article
Harris, R. (2020). “A Weekly Mäshräp to Tackle Extremism”: Music-making in Uyghur Communities and Intangible Cultural Heritage in China. Ethnomusicology, 64(1), 23-55. https://doi.org/10.5406/ethnomusicology.64.1.0023

This article provides an in-depth study and critique of the nomination and inscription of an item on UNESCO’s lists of intangible cultural heritage, and the developments following its acceptance. China is now a major partner in UNESCO’s heritage proj... Read More about “A Weekly Mäshräp to Tackle Extremism”: Music-making in Uyghur Communities and Intangible Cultural Heritage in China.