Variations on Uzbek identity : strategic choices, cognitive schemas and political constraints in identification processes /
Throughout its history the concept of "Uzbekness, " or more generally of a Turkic-speaking sedentary population, has continuously attracted members of other groups to join, as being Uzbek promises opportunities to enlarge ones social network. Accession is comparatively easy, as Uzbekness i...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2014
New York, New York ; Oxford, England : 2014 |
| Series: | Integration and conflict studies ;
v. 7 |
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| Summary: | Throughout its history the concept of "Uzbekness, " or more generally of a Turkic-speaking sedentary population, has continuously attracted members of other groups to join, as being Uzbek promises opportunities to enlarge ones social network. Accession is comparatively easy, as Uzbekness is grounded in a cultural model of territoriality, rather than genealogy, as the basis for social attachments. It acknowledges regional variation and the possibility of membership by voluntary decision. Therefore, the boundaries of being Uzbek vary almost by definition, incorporating elements of local language Throughout its history the concept of "Uzbekness," or more generally of a Turkic-speaking sedentary population, has continuously attracted members of other groups to join, as being Uzbek promises opportunities to enlarge ones social network. Accession is comparatively easy, as Uzbekness is grounded in a cultural model of territoriality, rather than genealogy, as the basis for social attachments. It acknowledges regional variation and the possibility of membership by voluntary decision. Therefore, the boundaries of being Uzbek vary almost by definition, incorporating elements of local language |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations, tables 1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1306465206 1782382399 9781306465205 9781782382393 (e-book) 9781782382393 |
| Access: | Access restricted by licensing agreement License restrictions may limit access |