Steppe dreams : time, mediation and postsocialist celebrations in Kazakhstan /

Steppe Dreams concerns the political significance of temporality in Kazakhstan, as manifested in public events and performances, and its reverberating effects in the personal lives of Kazakhstanis. Like many holidays in the post-Soviet sphere, public celebrations in Kazakhstan often reflect multiple...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Adams, Margarethe (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020.
Series:Central Eurasia in context.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2483389
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene : a musical map of Almaty
  • Airing independence : performing the past and the future on December 16
  • Same time next year : winter and rhythmicity on television
  • An archaeology of Nauryz : the ancient past in public culture
  • Traveling histories : ethnicity, mobility, and religion in spring celebrations
  • Playing at war : musical commemorations of World War II on May 9
  • The precarious present and the city of the future : Astana, Islam, and pilgrimage
  • Conclusion. Striking the set.