Unruly Speech: Displacement and the Politics of Transgression

by Saskia Witteborn

Book Overview

Unruly Speech explores how Uyghurs in China and in the diaspora transgress sociopolitical limits with "unruly" communication practices in a quest for change. Drawing on research in China, the United States, and Germany, Saskia Witteborn situates her study against the backdrop of displacement and shows how naming practices and witness accounts become potent ways of resistance in everyday interactions and in global activism. Featuring the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150363339X
• ISBN13: 9781503633391
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"