Contents
About this Book
About the Notes
Note on Transliteration and Spelling
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Central Asia in Context | David W. Montgomery
Mapping Context | Julien Thorez and Emmanuel Giraudet
Maps
Part I. Contextualizing Central Asia
1. Central Asia as Global | Alexander Cooley
2. Central Asia as Local | Morgan Y. Liu
3. Central Asia as Place | Alexander C. Diener and Nick Megoran
4. Central Asia as Story | Benjamin Gatling
I-A. Ordinary Soviet Life through Collectivization | Marianne Kamp
I-B. Regulation and Appropriation of Islam in Authoritarian Political Contexts | Tim Epkenhans
I-C. Migration from the Deep South to the Far North as Central Asian “Glocalism” | Marlène Laruelle
Discussion Questions and Further Reading
Part II. Contexts of History
5. Precolonial Central Asia | Scott C. Levi
6. Colonial Central Asia | Alexander Morrison
7. Soviet Central Asia | Ali İğmen
8. Post-Soviet Central Asia | David G. Lewis
II-A. The Rise of Vali Bay, an Entrepreneur between Two Empires | David Brophy
II-B. The Management of Islam in the Late Soviet Period | Adeeb Khalid
III-C. Gendered Aspects of Soviet Industrialization in Ak Tyuz | Botakoz Kassymbekova
Discussion Questions and Further Reading
Part III. Contexts of Living
9. Rural Life | Tommaso Trevisani
10. Urban Life | Natalie Koch
11. Migratory Life | Madeleine Reeves
12. Diaspora Life | Medina Aitieva
III-A. Mobility and the Rural Modern along Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway | Till Mostowlansky
III-B. From Potemkin Village to Real Life in Turkmenistan | Sebastian Peyrouse
III-C. Private Education, Inequality, and the Growing Social Divide in Bishkek | Emil Nasritdinov, Aigoul Abdoubaetova, and Gulnora Iskandarova
Discussion Questions and Further Reading
Part IV. Contexts of Structure
13. Family Structure | Cynthia Werner
14. Social Structure | Edward Schatz
15. Moral Structure | Maria Louw
16. Gender Structure | Svetlana Peshkova
IV-A. On Mothers- and Daughters-in-Law | Julie McBrien
IV-B. Mahalla as State and Community | Johan Rasanayagam
IV-C. Aitys, Ancestors, and the “Little Sister” | Eva-Marie Dubuisson
Discussion Questions and Further Reading
Part V. Contexts of Transformation
17. Religion | David W. Montgomery
18. Politics | John Heathershaw
19. Law | Judith Beyer
20. Education | Martha C. Merrill
V-A. Mood and Islam in Kazakhstan | Wendell Schwab
V-B. Spectacular Politics in the World Nomad Games | Mathijs Pelkmans
V-C. Displacement and Belonging in Eurasia | Jennifer S. Wistrand
Discussion Questions and Further Reading
Part VI. Contexts of Work
21. Resources | Jeanne Féaux de la Croix and David Gullette
22. Economics | Elmira Satybaldieva and Balihar Sanghera
23. Property | Eric McGlinchey
24. Labor | Russell Zanca
VI-A. Language as the Wealth of the Turkmen Nation | Victoria Clement
VI-B. Family as a Risk Management Institution in Changing Work Contexts | Sophie Roche
VI-C. Domestic and Foreign Policies in the Context of Eurasian Integration | Olivier Ferrando
Discussion Questions and Further Reading
Part VII. Contexts of Vision
25. Media | Svetlana Kulikova
26. National Identity | Laura L. Adams
27. Environment | Amanda E. Wooden
28. Development | Noor O’Neill Borbieva
VII-A. Governing Extremism through Communities in Tajikistan | Edward Lemon
VII-B. Customary Governance and the State in Central Eurasia | Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili
VII-C. Lineage Associations and Informal Politics in Mapping Kyrgyz Leadership | Aksana Ismailbekova
Discussion Questions and Further Reading
Part VIII. Contexts of Aesthetics
29. Music | Will Sumits
30. Art | Aliya de Tiesenhausen
31. Literature | Rebecca Ruth Gould and Amier Saidula
32. Film | Michael Rouland
VIII-A. Soviet Cultural Construction and Its Afterlives | Artemy M. Kalinovsky
VIII-B. Sound, Aesthetics, and Instrumental Variance in Dutar Ensembles in Tashkent | Tanya Merchant
VIII-C. Translating Art into Politics through Central Asian Feminist and Queer Fantasy | Georgy Mamedov
Discussion Questions and Further Reading
Translating Contexts into Policy | David M. Abramson, Laura L. Adams, and David W. Montgomery
About the Contributors
Index