ISBN:
0253013534
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9780253013538
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 401 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.] [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Parallel Title:
Print version Everyday life in Central Asia
DDC:
958/.04
Keywords:
Ethnology
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Asia, Central Social life and customs
Abstract:
"For its citizens, contemporary Central Asia is a land of great promise and peril. While the end of Soviet rule has opened new opportunities for social mobility and cultural expression, political and economic dynamics have also imposed severe hardships. In this lively volume, contributors from a variety of disciplines examine how ordinary Central Asians lead their lives and navigate shifting historical and political trends. Provocative stories of Turkmen nomads, Afghan villagers, Kazakh scientists, Kyrgyz border guards, a Tajik strongman, guardians of religious shrines in Uzbekistan, and other narratives illuminate important issues of gender, religion, power, culture, and wealth. A vibrant and dynamic world of life in urban neighborhoods and small villages, at weddings and celebrations, at classroom tables, and around dinner tables emerges from this introduction to a geopolitically strategic and culturally fascinating region."--Book cover
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-388) and index
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Introduction:Central Asia and everyday lifePart 1:Background.Turks and Tajiks in Central Asian history
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Part 2:Communities.Everyday life among the Turkmen nomads
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Part 3:Gender.The limits of liberation : gender, revolution, and the veil in everyday life in Soviet Uzbekistan
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Part 4:Performance and encounters.An ethnohistorical journey through Kazakh hospitality
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Part 5:Nation, state, and society in the everyday.The shrinking of the welfare state : Central Asians' assessments of Soviet and post-Soviet governance
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Part 6:Religion.Divided faith : trapped between state and Islam in Uzbekistan
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Electronic reproduction
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