Bishkek Boys: Neighbourhood Youth and Urban Change in Kyrgyzstan’s Capital

Philipp Schröder

Published by Berghahn Books 2017

Bishkek Boys

Neighbourhood Youth and Urban Change in Kyrgyzstan’s Capital

Philipp Schröder

Volume 17 in the series Integration and Conflict Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785337277

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About this book

In this pioneering ethnographic study of identity and integration, author Philipp Schröder explores urban change in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek from the vantage point of the male youth living in one neighbourhood. Touching on topics including authority, violence, social and imaginary geographies, interethnic relations, friendship, and competing notions of belonging to the city, Bishkek Boys offers unique insights into how post-Socialist economic liberalization, rural-urban migration and ethnic nationalism have reshaped social relations among young males who come of age in this Central Asian urban environment.

Author / Editor information

Philipp Schröder is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Asian and African Studies. Until 2011 he was a member of the research group ‘Integration and Conflict’ at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale and received his PhD from the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.

Reviews

“…rich, detailed, and scrupulous ethnographic descriptions…Bishkek Boys should be read by researchers and students in courses on Central Asia and post-Soviet space, as well as in youth and urban communities studies.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)

“The merit of a micro-ethnography is the ability to document a rich tapestry of interpersonal exchanges, storytelling and self-presentations that assemble and capture emergent social organisation. This is an engaging insight into how community bonds are fragmented and recreated.” • Newbooks.asia

“Meticulously researched, theoretically strong, scrupulously annotated – in other words, this is an excellent book.” · Shirin Akiner, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University

“This attractively written book is a tribute to the realities of urban life in Central Asia, as seen through the perspective of young men in search of respect and authority, while dealing with the fall out of larger socio-political upheavals” · Mathijs Pelkmans, London School of Economics

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Notes on Transliteration and Naming Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction The Playground Incident, the Field and a Conceptual Framework Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Authority and Resource: Batyr as a Leader in Shanghai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter 2. Territory: Kanat and the Other Yards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Chapter 3. Disconnection: Bolot and the Generation ‘off the Streets’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 4. Respect and Responsibility: Semetei and the Other Bratishki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Chapter 5. Solidarity: Metis, Ulan and Friendship Relations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Chapter 6. Acquaintances: Maks and Interethnic Relations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter 7. Urban Socialization: Tilek and the Newcomers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Conclusion From Shanghai to Iug-2 and Bishkek’s Postsocialist Trajectory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
List of Main Characters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Glossary of Selected Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Integration and Conflict Studies Published in Association with the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 258
Keywords: Gender Studies and Sexuality; Refugee and Migration Studies; Urban Studies

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Published: November 1, 2017
ISBN: 9781785337277