{"product_id":"ethnographies-of-the-state-in-central-asia-9780253011404","title":"Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides a unique perspective on how politics is performed in everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthnographies of the State in Central Asia is the right kind of edited volume. . . . it showcases the richness and diversity of the scholarship that is being carried out at the intersection of anthropology and science. The chapters . . . speak the same conceptual language, address each other's claims, and complement each other's insights. . . . The volume is enjoyable to read and largely jargon-free, meaning that it is suitable for assigning in an undergraduate course, but it is theoretically sophisticated enough that it will serve as a valuable source for graduate research as well.\u003c\/p\u003e * Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a rare edited volume that keeps readers moving from chapter to chapter like a single-author book, but that is precisely what Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia accomplishes.\u003c\/p\u003e * Central Asian Survey *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Performances, Possibilities, and Practices of the Political in Central Asia Johan Rasanayagam, Judith Beyer, and Madeleine Reeves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. Staging the Political\u003cbr\u003e1. The Global Performance State: A Reconsideration of the Central Asian \"Weak State\" John Heathershaw\u003cbr\u003e2. Dialogic Authority: Kazakh Aitys Poets and Their Patrons Eva-Marie Dubuisson\u003cbr\u003e3. Performing Democracy: State-Making through Patronage in Kyrgyzstan Aksana Ismailbekova\u003cbr\u003e4. \"There is This Law...\" Performing the State in the Kyrgyz Courts of Elders Judith Beyer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Political Materials, Political Fantasies\u003cbr\u003e5. The Master Plan of Astana: Between the \"Art of Government\" and the \"Art of Being Global\" Alima Bissenova\u003cbr\u003e6. State Building(s): Built Forms, Materiality, and the State in Astana Mateusz Laszczkowski\u003cbr\u003e7. The Bulldozer State: Chinese Socialist Development in Xinjiang Ildikó Bellér-Hann\u003cbr\u003e8. The Time of the Border: Contingency, Conflict and Popular Statism at the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Boundary Madeleine Reeves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III. Moral Positionings\u003cbr\u003e9. Reclaiming Ma'naviyat: Morality, Criminality and Dissident Politics in Uzbekistan Sarah Kendzior\u003cbr\u003e10. The Reshaping of Cities and Citizens in Uzbekistan: The Case of Namangan's \"New Uzbeks\" Tommaso Trevisani\u003cbr\u003e11. Massacre Through a Kaleidoscope: Fragmented Moral Imaginaries of the State in Central Asia Morgan Liu\u003cbr\u003e12. Cold War Memories and Post-Cold War Realities: The Politics of Memory and Identity in the Everyday Life of Kazakhstan's Radiation Victims Cynthia Werner and Kathleen Purvis-Roberts\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400538956119,"sku":"9780253011404","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253011404.jpg?v=1730470928","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ethnographies-of-the-state-in-central-asia-9780253011404","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}