From "Lamb Kebabs" to "Shared Joy": Cultural Appropriation, Ignorance and the Constrained Connectivity within the "One Belt, One Road" Initiative
From "Lamb Kebabs" to "Shared Joy": Cultural Appropriation, Ignorance and the Constrained Connectivity within the "One Belt, One Road" Initiative
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DOI:
10.1007/s12652-020-02066-z
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发表时间:
2019-05-31
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Chen, Yangbin
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作者:
Chen, Yangbin
This article primarily pays attention to Han Chineseappropriations of Uyghur culture from the post-Mao era. A uniquecase is comedian Chen Peisi's role of Uyghur lamb kebab peddlerin a TV sketch in 1986. The root of the cultural appropriation is tore-essentialize Uyghur culture to quell the demand by the majorityHan Chinese for cultural consumption in the market economyera. The author further examines a similar case of Chineseappropriation of African culture in 2018. In the end, the articleargues that deeply-rooted cultural ignorance from Han Chinesetowards ethnic and racial "others" is still prevalent today, whichposes a subtle challenge to the Party-State's lofty goal of buildingpeople-bonds within the One Belt and One Road Initiative.