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    Location of memory: diachronic and synchronic Alibism and Hui identity

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    Author/Creator
    Bentahar, Ziad
    Date
    2016
    Type of Work
    10 pages
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    journal articles
    Department
    Towson University. Department of Foreign Languages
    Citation of Original Publication
    Bentahar, Ziad (2016) "The Location of Memory: Diachronic and Synchronic Alibism and Hui Identity." Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Multidisciplinary Studies, vol. 5, iss. 1, Article 1, pp. 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17077/2168-538X.1076
    Subjects
    Islam -- China
    Hui (Chinese people)
    Identity formation
    Alibism
    Abstract
    Among China's various Muslim groups, the Hui stand out on the basis of their ethnicity, history and location, and are considered unlike the Turkic groups in Western territories. The Hui are not confined to a definite region but are present throughout China, and exist in continuous juxtaposition with other groups. For this reason, they determine their identity by simultaneous associations to an exogenous tradition that differentiates them from other Chinese groups, and to endogenous elements that situate them as inherently Chinese. This position of the Hui at the intersection of two presumably mutually-exclusive cultural spheres, namely Muslim and Chinese, results in mode of identity formation, which I call Alibism, and in which identity is founded on the basis of perpetual deferment to an alternative location.


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    Towson University
    8000 York Road
    Towson, Maryland 21252

    Website:
    www.towson.edu

    Contact Info:
    azukowski@towson.edu
    410-704-5318
    http://libraries.towson.edu/md-soar


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.