{"product_id":"staying-at-home-identities-memories-and-social-networks-of-kazakhstani-germans-9781785331923","title":"Staying at Home: Identities, Memories and Social","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tDespite economic growth in Kazakhstan, more than 80 per cent of Kazakhstan’s ethnic Germans have emigrated to Germany to date. Disappointing experiences of the migrants, along with other aspects of life in Germany, have been transmitted through transnational networks to ethnic Germans still living in Kazakhstan. Consequently, Germans in Kazakhstan today feel more alienated than ever from their ‘historic homeland’. This book explores the interplay of those memories, social networks and state policies, which play a role in the ‘construction’ of a Kazakhstani German identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The strengths of this book lie in the author’s analytical approach, creative methodologies, and the breadth of her empirical work. Sanders offers an important perspective on migration by looking at how it impacts those who do not leave. By triangulating what people say with how they think and behave, she points to the contradictions inherent in everyday understandings of ethnicity and belonging.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Sanders’ [seminal study] is a significant contribution to the literature on diaspora, migration and minority studies.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Euro-Asia Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This comprehensive study of the German-Kazakhstanis provides a thoughtful analysis of post-Soviet identity\/ethnicity\/nationality entanglements. Anyone interested in these issues would benefit by reading this book.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Slavic Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Ethnographically rich, the study is based on a fertile mix of quantitative and qualitative methods such as pile sorting, free listing, network analysis, genealogy, participant observation and interviewing of all sorts. The author convincingly demonstrates that not leaving is nonetheless a dynamic lifestyle which demands efforts of fine-tuning and readjustment to a changing social environment.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e • Florian Mühlfried\u003c\/strong\u003e, University Jena, Germany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Maps, Figures, Illustrations and Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tNote on Transliteration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tKazakhstani Germans and the Study of Nationalities in Central Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConcepts of Ethnicity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBased on Cultural Grounds – Ethnicity as a Resource – Categorization and Power – A Product of Individual Life Experience – Ethnic Boundaries as Cultural Schemas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFieldwork in Taldykorgan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: MEMORIES, HISTORIES AND LIFE STORIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. Memories and Histories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tShifting Memories of the Past\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Deportation of 1941 – Discrimination against Germans –  Transition and Continuity – The Hard-Working German    \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Russian Empire: Colonization of the Kazakh Steppe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Russian Empire: the Settlers from the German States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Soviet Union: Concepts of Nation and Nationality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Soviet Union: Its Formation and Nationality Policies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNational Delineation – Collectivization – Facing the Menace of the German Reich: The Passport System and Deportations – The Kazakh SSR after 1945\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tKazakhstan: The Formation of a Nation-State and the Role of Nationality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘Kazakhization’ – Language Policies – Kazakhstani Identity – Kazakhstani Germans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. The Enmeshment of Identities and Life Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Truth of Life Stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFour Life Stories, Four Identity Types\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSoviet Identity – Kazakhstani Identity – Russian German Identity – Kazakhstani German Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSummary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: NATIONALITY, POWER AND CHANGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Assessing Nationality\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNationality as a Unifier of Territorial Belonging, Language, Religion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tand ‘Mentality’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCommon Ancestry – Language – Religion – ‘Mentality’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNational Dichotomies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tKazakh Primordialism vs. Russian Constructionism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tKazakhs’ Esteem – Russians’ Inclusiveness    \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNormative Entanglements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSummary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Everyday Nationality in the Kazakh Nation-State\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘The Friendship of Peoples—Is Our Wealth!’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLosing Language Hegemony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIdentification: Strategies and Emotions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tKazakhstan as a Homeland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSummary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: NON-MIGRANTS' SOCIAL TIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eMigration and Social Networks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. Relations in the Locality: Ethnic Mixing and Missing Kazakhs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Relevance of Nationality in Personal Networks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Relevance of Nationality in Marriages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIs there a ‘German Community’ in Taldykorgan?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSummary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. Disruption in the Transnational Social Field\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRelatives and Friends Abroad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tExodus to a ‘Historic Homeland’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tViews on Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNetworks and Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSummary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: THE EFFECT OF TWO STATES' POLICIES OF 'GERMANNESS' ON KAZAKHSTANI GERMANS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. Changing Transnational Institutions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe ‘German House’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSupport from Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSocializing with other Germans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA Parish in Transition from ‘German’ to ‘Lutheran’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe German House in Transition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSummary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. The Divergent Ethnic Policies of Kazakhstan and Germany\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Kazakh State’s Official Promotion of Interethnic Harmony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe German State’s Contradictory Policies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSummary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: Germans at Home in Kazakhstan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIdentity and Memories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIdentities and Identifications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFriendship of the Peoples?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tExclusion through Inclusion: The Role of Personal and Institutional Links to Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042373009751,"sku":"9781785331923","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785331923.jpg?v=1750953991","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/staying-at-home-identities-memories-and-social-networks-of-kazakhstani-germans-9781785331923","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}