Laura L Adams

The Spectacular State

Culture and National Identity in Uzbekistan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Better than anyone else I have read on Central Asia, Laura L. Adams takes seriously what the local people say, and she uses her sociological background to explain how it is that they come to their conclusions. Yet "The Spectacular State" is not only a major sociological account of the region; it is also a significant contribution to broader social scientific discourses about the state and culture."--Michael D. Kennedy, author of "Cultural Formations of Postcommunism: Emancipation, Transition, Nation, and War"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780822346432
• ISBN-10: 0822346435
• Artikelnr.: 28032330

Autorenporträt

Laura L. Adams is a lecturer on sociology and co-director of the Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. The Politics of Culture in Uzbekistan 1991–2002
1. Mapping the Landscape of National Identity in Uzbekistan
2. Cultural Form: Globalization and the Spectacular State
3. Cultural Content and Postcolonial Civic Nationalism
4. Culture Production and Participation in the Spectacular State
Conclusion. Spectacle and the Ideology of National Independence
Notes
Bibliography
Index