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.

“…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

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNotes on Transliteration and NamingIntroduction: The Playground Incident, the Field and a Conceptual FrameChapter 1. Authority and Resource: Batyr as a Leader in ShanghaiChapter 2. Territory: Kanat and the Other YardsChapter 3. Disconnection: Bolot and the Generation ‘Off the Streets'Chapter 4. Respect and Responsibility: Semetei and the Other BratishkiChapter 5. Solidarity: Metis, Ulan and Friendship RelationsChapter 6. Acquaintances: Maks and Interethnic RelationsChapter 7. Urban Socialization: Tilek and the NewcomersConclusion: From Shanghai to Iug-2 and Bishkek’s Postsocialist TrajectoryList of Main CharactersGlossary of Selected TermsReferencesIndex