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Author Byler, Darren, author.

Title Terror capitalism : Uyghur dispossession and masculinity in a Chinese city / Darren Byler
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 269 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Enclosure -- Devaluation -- Dispossession -- Friendship -- Minor Politics -- Subtraction
Summary "Darren Byler theorizes the contemporary Chinese colonization of the Uyghur Muslim minority group in the northwest autonomous region of Xinjiang, showing how it has led to what he calls terror capitalism--a configuration of ethno-racialization, surveillance, and mass detention that in this case promotes settler colonialism."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Duke University Press platform, viewed February 2, 2022)
Subject Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- Social conditions
Detention of persons -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Human rights -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Mineral industries -- Corrupt practices -- China
Men -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- Identity
Masculinity -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Detention of persons.
Ethnic relations.
Human rights.
Masculinity.
Men -- Identity.
Mineral industries -- Corrupt practices.
SUBJECT Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Ethnic relations
Subject China.
China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
Genre/Form Legislative hearings.
Legislative hearings.
Audiences législatives.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021012915
ISBN 1478022264
9781478022268