{"product_id":"the-contest-of-the-fruits-guangtian-ha-9780262542517","title":"The Contest of the Fruits","description":"\u003cb\u003eA satirical poem about the rivalry of various fruits becomes a point of departure for investigations of tolerance and identity in a pluralistic world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Contest of the Fruits\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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, m舖hr舊, and the Sufi practice of Samāc. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCopublished with Haverford College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guangtian Ha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 026254251X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262542517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.16h x 7.48w x 0.47d","brand":"Guangtian Ha","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049126195455,"sku":"9780262542517","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5e30f14-8f44-47d7-b825-0fb37f5851d1.jpg?v=1684999782","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-contest-of-the-fruits-guangtian-ha-9780262542517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}