Gender and the Episteme: (E)Masculation as a Tool of the Colonial Patriarchy

By Jacquelin Grace Davidson

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Introduction

In his personal narrative “The Failure,” Aydos Amantay (b. 1989) explores his multicultural identity as both a Kazakh and a native Beijinger. Like other Indigenous minorities in China, the Kazakhs of northern Xinjiang have faced strong assimilative pressure since the 1950s. Today, the imposition of Chinese language schools and the continuation of Han settlement programs in the region remain central to the state’s systematic push for assimilation. Set in the late 2000s, Amantay’s memoir reflects on his time in a small Kazakh community in Xinjiang serving as a Chinese instructor in a local high school.

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