{"product_id":"intermarriage-and-the-friendship-of-peoples-9781501762949","title":"Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCo-winner of the Central Eurasian Studies Society''s prize for best book in History and the Humanities in 2022 and 2023, and winner of the The Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies of the Association for the Study of Nationalities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines the racialization of identities and its impact on mixed couples and families in Soviet Central Asia.\u003c\/b\u003e In marked contrast to its Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union celebrated mixed marriages among its diverse ethnic groups as a sign of the unbreakable friendship of peoples and the imminent emergence of a single Soviet people. Yet the official Soviet view of ethnic nationality became increasingly primordial and even racialized in the USSR''s final decades. In this context, Adrienne Edgar argues, mixed families and individuals found it impossible to transcend ethnicity, fully embrace their complex identities, and become simply Soviet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking back o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrienne Edgar's \u003ci\u003eIntermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples \u003c\/i\u003eis an outstanding study of the evolution of intermarriage practices in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan across the Soviet era and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e * New Books Network *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrienne Edgar's \u003ci\u003eIntermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples\u003c\/i\u003e explores an intriguing paradox: how and why did the Soviet multinational state espouse the concept of a singular, equal Soviet people, and yet simultaneously identify and promote ethnic and national identity categories?\u003c\/p\u003e * Asian Affairs Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgar's research is in many ways original and innovative, and it thus opens a wide new field of research in Soviet studies that others might want to expand.It is rare to write this in a review, but I am thrilled by reading Adrienne Edgar's book on interethnic marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e * H\/Soz\/Kult *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgar convincingly reconstructs how intermarriage in the Soviet Union benefitted from its particularities\u003c\/p\u003e * Europe Asia Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is rare to write this in a review, but I am thrilled by reading Adrienne Edgar's book on interethnic marriage\u003c\/p\u003e * Florin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the book's strengths is that Edgar takes a multigenerational view\u003c\/p\u003e * Asian Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgar is more concerned with the messiness of lives lived than with theory, which is a great strength of the book\u003c\/p\u003e * Keller *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgar's portrayal of the experiences of race, racism, and logics and practices of rationalization in the late- Soviet period makes several important contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e * Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Nationality, Race, and Mixed Marriage in the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e 1. Intermarriage and Soviet Social Science\u003cbr\u003e 2. Falling in Love across Ethnic Lines\u003cbr\u003e 3. Scenes from Happy (and Not So Happy) Mixed Marriages\u003cbr\u003e 4. Intermarriage and the \"Eastern Woman\"\u003cbr\u003e 5. Dilemmas of Identity and Belonging\u003cbr\u003e 6. Naming Mixed Children\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mixed Families and the Russian Language\u003cbr\u003e 8. Intermarriage after the Soviet Collapse\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Remembering Soviet Internationalism\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867346874711,"sku":"9781501762949","price":40.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501762949.jpg?v=1722282905","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/intermarriage-and-the-friendship-of-peoples-9781501762949","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}