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The shocking impact of the new capitalism on the people of Central Asia

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'Nazpary's brilliant analysis of post-Soviet Kazakhstan reflects the author's deep ethnographic immersion in the everyday life-worlds of those inhabitants of Almaty' -- John Gledhill, Manchester University
'A wonderfully vivid account of the 'chaos' people see around them in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. An insightful exploration of the ways and means of the dispossessed in an unpredictable world' -- Caroline Humphrey
'The most important book you can read about Central Asia' -- Jonathan Neale, Bookmarks

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. People And Places
3. Bardak: Elements Of Chaos.
4. Networking As A Response To The Chaos
5. Women And Sexualised Strategies: Violence And Stigma
6. Construction Of The Alien: Imagining A Soviet Community
7. Ethnic Tensions
8. Conclusions: Whose Transition?
References
Index

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/11/2001
      ISBN13: 9780745315973, 978-0745315973
      ISBN10: 0745315976

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The shocking impact of the new capitalism on the people of Central Asia

      Trade Review
      'Nazpary's brilliant analysis of post-Soviet Kazakhstan reflects the author's deep ethnographic immersion in the everyday life-worlds of those inhabitants of Almaty' -- John Gledhill, Manchester University
      'A wonderfully vivid account of the 'chaos' people see around them in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. An insightful exploration of the ways and means of the dispossessed in an unpredictable world' -- Caroline Humphrey
      'The most important book you can read about Central Asia' -- Jonathan Neale, Bookmarks

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction
      2. People And Places
      3. Bardak: Elements Of Chaos.
      4. Networking As A Response To The Chaos
      5. Women And Sexualised Strategies: Violence And Stigma
      6. Construction Of The Alien: Imagining A Soviet Community
      7. Ethnic Tensions
      8. Conclusions: Whose Transition?
      References
      Index

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