01909nas a2200301   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001000043653001300053653001500066653001100081653002200092653002200114653002300136653001600159653002300175653001300198653002000211653001700231100001800248700001800266245007800284856015400362300000900516490000700525520105500532022002001587                                       d10aIslam10aIslamism10aKazakhstan10aUyghur10acultural heritage10acultural identity10acultural relations10aethnography10aexpressive culture10aheritage10amarginalization10anation state1 aRachel Harris1 aAblet Kamalov00aNation, religion and social heat: heritaging Uyghur mashrap in Kazakhstan  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096390362&doi=10.1080%2f02634937.2020.1835825&partnerID=40&md5=b013036cf8681627bbc96c0c7e201380  a9-330 v403 aThis article brings together archival and ethnographic research to explore the ways that expressive culture and intangible cultural heritage flow across national borders, how transnational communities in Central Asia engage with discourses and practices of preservation and revitalization, and how local heritage initiatives can respond to the pressures of economic marginalization, migration, Islamization and cultural assimilation. Mäshräp gatherings involving music, dancing and joking have played a prominent role in modern imaginings of Uyghur national identity, and in local processes of community-making. Since 2009, Uyghurs in Kazakhstan have engaged in new forms of ‘heritaging’ mäshräp, attempting to revive their role as a medium for strengthening communities and sustaining language and culture. We argue that the unruly, affective and performative aspects of mäshräp are key to the success of these social goals, and we highlight their role as a space for the negotiation of tensions between religion, nation and hot sociality.  a02634937 (ISSN)