Creating Culture in (Post) Socialist Central Asia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This book brings together historical and ethnographic research from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Xinjiang, in order to explore how individuals and communities work to create and maintain forms of ‘culture’ in contexts of ideological repression and erasure.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-25
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:338 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:157
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030586843

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Ali İğmen is Professor of History and Director of the Oral History Program in California State University, Long Beach, USA. Ananda Breed is Professor in Theatre in the School of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Lincoln, UK.Eva-Marie Dubuisson is Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology in the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction by Ananda Breed and Ali Igmen.- 2. Liminal States: Dreams, Environmental Aesthetics, and Performance in Kyrgyzstan during and after the Soviet Era by Ali Igmen.- 3. Epic Performances in Central Asia: Negotiating between Past and Present by Ananda Breed.- 4. Poets of the People: Learning to Make Culture in Kazakhstan by Eva-Marie Dubuisson.- 5. The Kara Kirghiz Must Develop Separately: Ishenally Arabaev (1881-1933) and His Project of the Kyrgyz Nation by Jipar Duishembieva.- 5. Lament in an Affluent Era: Cultural Politics of Kazakh Life Cycle Poems in Xinjiang by Guldana Salimjan.- 6. Conclusion: Interweaving Texts.