Between Mecca and Beijing MJCM Devil's Den

Devil's Den

the lush green meadows nourished the animals and the blue forests were abundant with lumber to build fires and homes

such as binationalism and multiculturalism

and their faith that new worlds could be imagined

information about the local dialect

Between Mecca and Beijing MJCM Devil's DenThrough a detailed study of the daily life eating habits, dress styles, housing, marriage and death rituals, religious practices, education, family organization of the Hui inhabitants of Xi'an, Maris Boyd Gillette examines how a community of urban Chinese Muslims classified by the state as 'backward' use consumption to position themselves more favorably within the Chinese government's official paradigm for development. By selectively consuming goods