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THE CONTEST OF THE FRUITS - GUANGTIAN HA KARTON...

A satirical poem about the rivalry of various fruits becomes a point of departure for
investigations of tolerance and identity in a pluralistic world. The Contest of the Fruits
takes a nineteenth-century Uyghur satirical poem as a departure point for investigations of
language  politics  religion  humor  resilience  and resistance in a pluralistic world.
Composed at the crossroads of multiple civilizations and empires and born of the Uyghurs'
liminal position at the edges of Islam and the frontiers of China  The Contest of the Fruits
captures a world in which borders are gateways rather than dividing lines. The poem  highly
performative  embellished with verbal flourishes  and featuring the ribald rivalry of such
fruits as mulberry  pomegranate  quince  and pear  may be the first Turkic rap battle. The book
which accompanies a project by the art collective Slavs and Tatars  brings together artists 
academics  poets  and performers to create a visually compelling volume that deploys different
registers (high and low) to examine subjects often considered mutually exclusive (for example 
religion and hip-hop). It offers essays by leading scholars and journalists that cover topics
ranging from language politics to the prominence of Uyghur rappers in China. Shorter pop-out
texts take a more tentacular approach to Uyghur culture  sampling poetry by diaspora Uyghur
poets and discussing such subjects as calligraphy  Uyghur pop music  mäshräp  and the Sufi
practice of Samāc. Copublished with Haverford College

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