| Titre | Usages de la frontière : le cas du Xinjiang (XIXe-XXe siècles) | |
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| Auteur | Elisabeth Allés | |
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Revue | Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident |
| Numéro | no 28, 2006 Desseins de frontières | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | II. Enjeux frontaliers |
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| Page | 127-146 | |
| Résumé anglais |
On Possible Uses of a Frontier : The Case of Xinjiang (XIXth - XXth centuries)
From a land of adventure, trade and transhumance, the area between Oriental Turkestan and the rest of Central Asia transformed into a political frontier over the course of the XVIIIth century. As a buffer zone between the Russian and Chinese empires, this border has always been porous. Local populations knew how to avail of this frontier, where many a time they took refuge from their respective States.
To the eyes of the Turkish and Chinese populations of this area now called « Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region », the « historical border » with China is still embodied in the ancient pass of the Great Wall. Xinjiang is a space where it is difficult to forge a common identity. However, with time, repression, discrimination, economic distortion and migrations, the feeling of belonging to this specific entity is emerging at the turn of the 21th century. been porous. Local populations knew how to avail of this frontier, where many a time they took refuge from their respective States.
To the eyes of the Turkish and Chinese populations of this area now called « Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region », the « historical border » with China is still embodied in the ancient pass of the Great Wall. Xinjiang is a space where it is difficult to forge a common identity. However, with time, repression, discrimination, economic distortion and migrations, the feeling of belonging to this specific entity is emerging at the turn of the 21st century. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/oroc_0754-5010_2006_num_28_28_1227 |
