37.1529, Books: Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims: Bhatt and Wang (2026)

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LINGUIST List: Vol-37-1529. Wed Apr 22 2026. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 37.1529, Books: Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims: Bhatt and Wang (2026)

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Date: 21-Apr-2026
From: Lucy Trotter [lucy.trotter at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims: Bhatt and Wang (2026)


Title: Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
           http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/heritage-literacy-in-the-lives-of-chinese-muslims-9781350497535/

Author(s): Ibrar Bhatt & Heng Wang

Hardback, ISBN: 9781350497535, £95.00

Abstract:

This book offers an intimate ethnographic window into the ways Chinese
Muslims produce, maintain, and transmit religious, cultural, and
historical knowledge through their everyday practices of heritage
literacy.
Sino-Muslims in China inhabit a unique landscape of religious and
spiritual expression, shaped by the intersections of the Islamic faith
with Chinese cultural traditions, and where the spoken and written
word plays a vital role in sustaining Islamic heritage across
generations.
Drawing from multiple personal narratives across diverse regions -
including Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Qinghai, Gansu, Jilin, Henan,
and Hong Kong SAR - this book illuminates the lived experiences of
Chinese Muslims as they navigate the intersections of faith, language,
and identity. These accounts trace practices of heritage literacy
shaped by migration, linguistic-semiotic ideologies, life-cycle
rituals, and forms of artistic expression. The authors show how
practices of heritage literacy, rooted in Islamic traditions yet
responsive to contemporary shifts, tether Sino-Muslims to a broader
sense of Muslimness while also anchoring them in local Chinese
cultural and historical milieus and diverse linguistic traditions.
This interdisciplinary study offers new insights into the significance
of heritage literacy in linguistic anthropological study, and the
vital role of narrative in preserving and articulating Islamic
heritage in China's evolving sociocultural landscape.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Applied Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics




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