{"product_id":"everyday-life-in-central-asia-past-and-present-paperback-softback-9780253219046","title":"Everyday Life in Central Asia; Past and Present (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253219046","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEveryday Life in Central Asia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePast and Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeff Sahadeo (Edited by), Russell Zanca (Edited by), David W. Montgomery (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253219046\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 July 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages, 24 b\u0026amp;w photos, 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This rich volume should . . . be commended for its comprehensible style making it accessible to nonspecialists in Central Asian societies and to virtually anyone interested in the region.\"—\u003ci\u003eAb Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sahadeo and Zanca have collected a large range of essays written in a clear and accessible style well suited as a textbook for undergraduate teaching or anyone interested in learning about the region.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[A]n excellent and compelling collection of essays . . . . [T]his book is a valuable addition to our understanding of not only a region heavily influenced by the Russian\/Soviet colonial legacy, but also of the ways in which the everyday confronts often competing notions of identity. Vol. 9.3 Winter 2008\"—Robert O. Krikorian, \u003ci\u003eGeorge Washington University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[A]n excellent study . . . . Readers will be attracted to the richness of the collected stories about the social and cultural diversity of Central Asia. The book provides a sympathetic and insightful analysis of Central Asian societies that face common challenges in their transition to a better life. In sum, this innovative work is a significant contribution to various fields in Central Asian studies.Vol. 53.1 Spring 2009\"—Anara Tabyshalieva, \u003ci\u003eInstitute for Regional Studies, Kyrgyzstan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[This] book . . . offers to the curious reader a better understanding of Central Asian people, their histories, and everyday lives—a diversity of people who otherwise may have been conceptualized as a grey and anonymous mass, or, worse yet, as mere numbers.October 2008\"—Irene Hilgers, \u003ci\u003eH-Soyuz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Part of a series of books on everyday life in various parts of the world, this volume offers essays on the different ways that Central Asians lead their daily lives and navigate shifting historical, political, and economic trends in past and present times. . . . Many of the selections concern the difficult transitions from Soviet rule to independent statehood, restrictions on political and social activity, widening gaps between the rich and the poor, and new opportunities for social mobility and cultural expression. The essays on the varying beliefs and practices of Muslims across this wide region are especially informative. The volume contains illustrations and a listing of the contributors' backgrounds and qualifications. . . . Recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Central Asia and Everyday Life \u003cbr\u003e Part One: Background\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1.Turks and Tajiks in Central Asian History Scott Levi\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Communities\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 2. Everyday Life among the Turkmen Nomads Adrienne Edgar \u003cbr\u003e 3. Recollections of a Hazara Wedding in the 1930s Robert Canfield \u003cbr\u003e 4. Trouble in Birglich Robert Canfield \u003cbr\u003e 5. A Central Asian Tale of Two Cities:Locating Lives and Aspirations in a Shifting Post-Soviet Cityscape Morgan Y. Liu \u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Gender\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 6. The Limits of Liberation: Gender, Revolution, and the Veil in Everyday Life in Soviet \u003cbr\u003e Uzbekistan Douglas Northrop \u003cbr\u003e 7. The Wedding Feast: Living the New Uzbek Life in the 1930s Marianne Kamp \u003cbr\u003e 8. Practical Consequences of Soviet Policy and Ideology for Gender in Central Asia and Contemporary Reversal Elizabeth Constantine \u003cbr\u003e 9. Dinner with Akhmet Greta Uehling \u003cbr\u003e Part Four: Performance and Encounters\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 10. An Ethnohistorical Journey through Kazakh Hospitality Paula A. Michaels \u003cbr\u003e 11. Konstitutsiya Buzildi: Gender Relations in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Peter Finke and Meltem Sancak\u003cbr\u003e 12. Fat and All That: Good Eating the Uzbek Way Russell Zanca\u003cbr\u003e 13. Public and Private Celebrations: Uzbekistan's National Holidays Laura Adams \u003cbr\u003e 14. Music Across the Kazakh Steppe Michael Rouland\u003cbr\u003e Part Five: Nation, State, and Society in the Everyday\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 15. The Shrinking of the Welfare State: Central Asians'Assessments of Soviet and Post-Soviet Governance Kelly McMann \u003cbr\u003e 16. Going to School in Uzbekistan Shoshana Keller \u003cbr\u003e 17. Alphabet Changes in Turkmenistan: State, Society, and the Everyday, 1904-2004 Victoria Clement \u003cbr\u003e 18. Travels in the Margins of the State: Everyday Geography in the Ferghana Valley Borderlands Madeleine Reeves \u003cbr\u003e Part Six: Religion\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 19. Divided Faith: Trapped between State and Islam in Uzbekistan Eric McGlinchey\u003cbr\u003e 20. Sacred Sites, Profane Ideologies: Religious Pilgrimage and the Uzbek State David Abramson and Elyor Karimov\u003cbr\u003e 21. Everyday Negotiations of Islam in Central Asia: Practicing Religion in the Uyghur \u003cbr\u003e Neighborhood of Zarya Vostoka in Almaty, Kazakhstan Sean Roberts \u003cbr\u003e 22. Namaz, Wishing Trees, and Vodka: The Diversity of Everyday Religious Life in Central Asia David Montgomery \u003cbr\u003e 23. Christians as the Main Religious Minority in Central Asia Sebastien Peyrouse\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685483868440,"sku":"9780253219046","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/everyday-life-in-central-asia-past-and-present-paperback-softback-9780253219046","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}