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Pastoral Power in Official Narratives in China

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ID8092783
AutoresXiaoling Zhang (0000-0001-7634-3649, autor correspondente), Zhang xiaoling (0000-0002-6125-8246), Melissa Shani Brown (0000-0002-2322-597X), David O’brien (0000-0002-9687-8736)
Ano2018
Volume235
Páginas784-803
Data de publicação2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe China Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0009-4439 • E-ISSN: 1468-2648
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0305741018000954
OpenAlexW2892172141
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas13

Guided by Michel Foucault's concept of “pastoral power,” this article examines the ways in which contemporary discourses within official narratives in China portray the state in a paternal fashion to reinforce its legitimacy. Employing interdisciplinary approaches, this article explores a number of sites in Urumqi, the regional capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), in order to map how a coherent official narrative of power and authority is created and reinforced across different spaces and texts. It demonstrates how both history and the present day are depicted in urban Xinjiang in order to portray the state in a pastoral role that legitimates its use of force, as well as emphasizing its core role in developing the region out of poverty and into “civilization

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