Spectacular State Culture and National Identity in Uzbekistan

Name: Spectacular State Culture and National Identity in Uzbekistan
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ISBN: 9780822346432

ISBN-10: 0822346435

ISBN-13: 9780822346432

Edition: 2010

Authors: Laura L. Adams

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By exploring Uzbekistan's production of national culture in the 1990s, Laura L. Adams offers unique insight into nation building in Central Asia during the post-Soviet era. As she explains, the Uzbek government maintained a monopoly over ideology after independence, and Soviet institutional and cultural legacies remained. The state expressed national identity through tightly controlled mass spectacles, including theatrical and musical performances. Adams focuses on these events, particularly the massive outdoor concerts the government staged on the two biggest national holidays, Navro'z, the spring equinox celebration, and Independence Day. Her analysis of the content, form, and manner of…

Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 2/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.21" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Politics of Culture in Uzbekistan 1991-2002



Mapping the Landscape of National Identity in Uzbekistan



Cultural Form: Globalization and the Spectacular State



Cultural Content and Postcolonial Civic Nationalism



Culture Production and Participation in the Spectacular State


Conclusion: Spectacle and the Ideology of National Independence


Notes


Bibliography


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