Social and Cultural Change in Central Asia - 9781138575615

Name: Social and Cultural Change in Central Asia - 9781138575615
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Social and Cultural Change in Central AsiaThe Soviet Legacy\nAuthor(s): Sevket Akyildiz, Richard Carlson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138575615, 978-1138575615\nSynopsis\nFocusing on Soviet culture and its social ramifications both during the Soviet period and in the post-Soviet era, this book addresses important themes associated with Sovietisation and socialisation in the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. \n\nThe book contains contributions from scholars in a variety of disciplines, and looks at topics that have been somewhat marginalised in contemporary studies of Central Asia, including education, anthropology, music, literature and poetry, film, history and state-identity construction, and social transformation. It examines how the Soviet legacy affected the development of the republics in Central Asia, and how it continues to affect the society, c.