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Speaking Soviet with an accent : culture and power in Kyrgyzstan /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Igmen, Ali F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012.
Series:Central Eurasia in context.
Subjects:
Politics and culture > Kyrgyzstan > History.
Popular culture > Kyrgyzstan > History.
Kyrgyz > Cultural assimilation > Soviet Union > History.
Minorities > Government policy > Soviet Union > History.
Kyrgyzstan > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Soviet Union > Ethnic relations > History.
Soviet Union > Cultural policy > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: crafting Kyrgyzness
  • Being "Asiatic" subjects of the empire
  • The making of Soviet culture in Kyrgyzstan during the 1920s and 1930s
  • The emergence of the Soviet houses of culture in Kyrgyzstan
  • Celebrations in Soviet Kyrgyzstan during the 1930s
  • Soviet theater in Kyrgyzstan in the 1930s
  • Self-fashioning Kyrgyzness among women
  • Conclusion: speaking Soviet the Kyrgyz way.