| ID | 173931 |
| Title Proper | From “Lamb Kebabs” to “Shared Joy” |
| Other Title Information | Cultural Appropriation, Ignorance and the Constrained Connectivity within the “One Belt, One Road” Initiative |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chen, Yangbin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article primarily pays attention to Han Chinese appropriations of Uyghur culture from the post-Mao era. A unique case is comedian Chen Peisi’s role of Uyghur lamb kebab peddler in a TV sketch in 1986. The root of the cultural appropriation is to re-essentialize Uyghur culture to quell the demand by the majority Han Chinese for cultural consumption in the market economy era. The author further examines a similar case of Chinese appropriation of African culture in 2018. In the end, the article argues that deeply-rooted cultural ignorance from Han Chinese towards ethnic and racial “others” is still prevalent today, which poses a subtle challenge to the Party-State’s lofty goal of building people’s bonds within the One Belt and One Road Initiative. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 29, No.121; Jan 2020: p.1-16 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Contemporary China Vol: 29 No 121 |
| Key Words | One Belt ; One Road Initiative ; Lamb Kebabs ; Shared Joy |