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- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Uzbekistan
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- Book Title
- Spectacular State : Culture and National Identity in Uzbekistan
- Book Series
- Politics, History, and Culture Ser.
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- Duke University Press
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- 2010
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- English
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- Political Science, Social Science, History
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- Asia / Central Asia, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Sociology / General, Asia / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World / Asian
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Duke University Press
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0822346435
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9780822346432
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Book Title
Spectacular State : Culture and National Identity in Uzbekistan
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asia / Central Asia, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Sociology / General, Asia / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World / Asian
Publication Year
2010
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, History
Book Series
Politics, History, and Culture Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
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6.4 in
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2009-037284
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“In this finely nuanced study, Laura L. Adams presents the first serious analysis of national identity in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Focusing on the elaborate spectacles that mark Navro’z, the spring holiday, and Independence Day, Adams shows how the Soviet legacy, global norms, and state interests intersect to shape the ideology of national independence. With its sophisticated theoretical underpinnings, The Spectacular State makes an important, major contribution to postsocialist and postcolonial studies.�- Adeeb Khalid , author of Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia, "In this finely nuanced study, Laura L. Adams presents the first serious analysis of national identity in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Focusing on the elaborate spectacles that mark Navro'z, the spring holiday, and Independence Day, Adams shows how the Soviet legacy, global norms, and state interests intersect to shape the ideology of national independence. With its sophisticated theoretical underpinnings, The Spectacular State makes an important, major contribution to postsocialist and postcolonial studies."-- Adeeb Khalid , author of Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia, " The Spectacular State is a rich and ethnographically nuanced study of cultural production in Uzbekistan's first decade of independence. It provides a sophisticated account of the place of mass spectacle in the articulation of national ideology and the ambivalent role of cultural elites in sustaining and reproducing a myth of popular participation.The text is lucid and the ethnography engaging. As such, The Spectacular State makes a significant contribution to a comparative sociology of cultural production in authoritarian regimes and deserves to be widely read by students of Central Asia." - Madeleine Reeves, Sociological Review, "In this finely nuanced study, Laura L. Adams presents the first serious analysis of national identity in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Focusing on the elaborate spectacles that mark Navro'z, the spring holiday, and Independence Day every year, Adams shows how the Soviet legacy, global norms, and state interests intersect to shape the ideology of national independence. With its sophisticated theoretical underpinnings, The Spectacular State makes an important major contribution to postsocialist and postcolonial studies."--Adeeb Khalid, author of Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia "Better than anyone else I have read on Central Asia, Laura L. Adams takes seriously what the local people say about the ethnographic present, and she uses her sociological background to explain how it is that they come to such 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 "Drawing on her own observations and interviews with artists, intellectuals and bureaucrats, Adams looks at how the Uzbek government has staged massivecultural extravaganzas in an attempt to produce and express national identity." Survival, "Adams's book makes an impressive contribution to the sociological literature on nationalism and state power in the post-Soviet world. . . . [A]n ambitious and significant book that should be of great interest to scholars working in all areas of political sociology." - Philip Walsh, American Journal of Sociology, "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, Adams's book makes an impressive contribution to the sociological literature on nationalism and state power in the post-Soviet world. . . . An ambitious and significant book that should be of great interest to scholars working in all areas of political sociology., "Into the dreadfully understudied and undertheorized literature on Central Asia since the Soviet collapse in 1991, Laura Adams has contributed what may be the best ethnographically grounded and conceptually sophisticated monograph to date. . . . This readable monograph is excellently suited for teaching in graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses on Central Asia, ex-socialist societies, nationalisms, and the anthropology of the state. It stands almost alone in providing a nuanced, on-the-ground glimpse of culture and politics of a fascinating yet poorly documented society." - Morgan Liu, American Anthropologist, "[C]omplex and engaging…. As a careful and honest record of an important site of cultural production and a pivotal moment in Central Asian history, Adams's work is required reading for anyone with an interest in modern Central Asian expressive culture and the continuing legacy of the Soviet era." - Louise A. Cainkar, International Sociology, "In this finely nuanced study, Laura L. Adams presents the first serious analysis of national identity in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Focusing on the elaborate spectacles that mark Navro'z, the spring holiday, and Independence Day, Adams shows how the Soviet legacy, global norms, and state interests intersect to shape the ideology of national independence. With its sophisticated theoretical underpinnings, The Spectacular State makes an important, major contribution to postsocialist and postcolonial studies."- Adeeb Khalid , author of Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia, Adams's book makes an impressive contribution to the sociological literature on nationalism and state power in the post-Soviet world. . . . [A]n ambitious and significant book that should be of great interest to scholars working in all areas of political sociology., "In this finely nuanced study, Laura L. Adams presents the first serious analysis of national identity in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Focusing on the elaborate spectacles that mark Navro'z, the spring holiday, and Independence Day every year, Adams shows how the Soviet legacy, global norms, and state interests intersect to shape the ideology of national independence. With its sophisticated theoretical underpinnings,The Spectacular Statemakes an important major contribution to postsocialist and postcolonial studies."-Adeeb Khalid, author ofIslam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia"Better than anyone else I have read on Central Asia, Laura L. Adams takes seriously what the local people say about the ethnographic present, and she uses her sociological background to explain how it is that they come to such conclusions. YetThe Spectacular Stateis 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 ofCultural Formations of Postcommunism: Emancipation, Transition, Nation, and War, "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, "This monograph contributes to a broader literature on construction of the state in post-Soviet contexts, and at the same time presents a thick description that area studies scholars will find appealing." - Marianne Kamp, Slavic Review, "[C]omplex and engaging.... As a careful and honest record of an important site of cultural production and a pivotal moment in Central Asian history, Adams's work is required reading for anyone with an interest in modern Central Asian expressive culture and the continuing legacy of the Soviet era." - Louise A. Cainkar, International Sociology, “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
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
958.7
Table Of Content
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
Synopsis
An analysis of how Uzbekistans cultural and political elites engaged in a program of nation-building through culture, particularly by staging spectacular mass events, after the fall of the Soviet Union., Laura L. Adams offers unique insight into nation building in Central Asia during the post-Soviet era through an exploration of Uzbekistan's production of national culture in the 1990s. As she explains, after independence the Uzbek government maintained a monopoly over ideology, exploiting the remaining Soviet institutional and cultural legacies. The state expressed national identity through tightly controlled mass spectacles, including theatrical and musical performances. Adams focuses on these events, particularly the massive outdoor concerts the government staged on the two biggest national holidays, Navro'z, the spring equinox celebration, and Independence Day. Her analysis of the content, form, and production of these ceremonies shows how Uzbekistan's cultural and political elites engaged in a highly directed, largely successful program of nation building through culture. Adams draws on her observations and interviews conducted with artists, intellectuals, and bureaucrats involved in the production of Uzbekistan's national culture. These elites used globalized cultural forms such as Olympics-style spectacle to showcase local, national, and international aspects of official culture. While these state-sponsored extravaganzas were intended to be displays of Uzbekistan's ethnic and civic national identity, Adams found that cultural renewal in the decade after Uzbekistan's independence was not so much a rejection of Soviet power as it was a re-appropriation of Soviet methods of control and ideas about culture. The public sphere became more restricted than it had been in Soviet times, even as Soviet-era ideas about ethnic and national identity paved the way for Uzbekistan to join a more open global community.
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