• The Contest of the Fruits – Guangtian Ha & Slavs and Tatars
  • The Contest of the Fruits – Guangtian Ha & Slavs and Tatars

    The Contest of the Fruits – Guangtian Ha & Slavs and Tatars

    The Contest of the Fruits, (English/Uyghur), 2021, offset print, 26 × 19 cm, 160 pages, colour throughout, glue and stitched binding, matte-laminated softcover with flap. Published by the MIT Press / Haverford College. 

    Co-published by MIT Press and Haverford College on the occasion of The Contest of the Fruits animation, the publication features essays by leading scholars and journalists that cover topics ranging from Uyghur script changes to rap in China, from silence to satire. Other contributions take a more tentacular approach: with a selection of poetry by diaspora Uyghur poets and insight on Chinese Muslim calligraphy, maintaining cultural heritage, the Sufi practice of Samā', mäshräp, and pop music.

    ISBN 9780262542517

    Regular price $29.95