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Author Dadabaev, Timur, 1975- author.

Title Identity and memory in post-Soviet Central Asia : Uzbekistan's Soviet past / Timur Dadabaev
Published London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Central Asia research forum
Central Asia research forum series.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Selectivity in recalling the Soviet past in Uzbekistan: re-collecting, reflecting and re-imagining; Sampling method and respondents; Interviewing; Narrating the memory; Challenges, limitations and biases; Synopsis and chapter headings; 2 Power, social life and public memory in Uzbekistan; History recreated and re-interpreted; "Licensing" historical symbols; Creation of Soviet man: Soviet cosmopolitanism vs. purity of ethnicity; Stance on religion; Leaders and time; Decision-making and public participation; Conclusion
3 Recollections of trauma and public responses to the political violence of state policies in the Stalinist era in UzbekistanStalinist policy perspectives; The traumas of collectivization; Political repression and the general public; Trauma and political structure; Conclusion; 4 The impact of World War II/the Great Patriotic War in Uzbekistan; The participation of Uzbekistan in World War II; Everyday life during the war; Postwar reconstruction; Conclusion; 5 The death of Stalin: time of despair and hope; News of the death of Stalin; Hysteria and the shock; Confusion; Relief of people
Conclusion6 Post-Soviet nostalgia in Uzbekistan; Operationalizing post-Soviet nostalgia and memory in the Central Asian domain; Soviet model of modernization; Soviet model of a "free" society; Communist party paternalism and public order; Stable lifestyles and socialist "democracy"; Conclusion; 7 Hybrid ethnic identities in Soviet Uzbekistan; Memories of the Soviet times and the periphery of the USSR in regard to ethnic issues; Ethnicity and language policy in Soviet Uzbekistan and Soviet nation-building; A "Russi" social stratum recollected
Inter-ethnic marriages and inter-ethnic "drawing together" (sblizhenie)Hostility toward "Russianization"; Between russophobes and russophiles; Conclusion; 8 Religiosity and Soviet "modernization" in Central Asia: locating religious traditions and rituals in recollections of antireligious policies in Uzbekistan; The re-imagination of religion in post-Soviet memory; Moving away from a simple dichotomy; What the narratives of the respondents reveal; Conclusion; 9 Soviet hybridity and communal life: the changing nature of mahalla identity in Uzbekistan
Placing the mahalla between public and private lifeRecollections of the mahalla community in the Soviet system of administration; Nostalgia about the Soviet-era community; Human relations in the mahalla during the Soviet era; The community after the collapse of the Soviet State; Conclusion; Index
Summary "Central Asian states have experienced a number of historical changes that have challenged their traditional societies and lifestyles. The most significant changes occurred as a result of the revolution in 1917, the incorporation of the region into the Soviet Union, and gaining independence after the collapse of the USSR. Impartial and informed public evaluation of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods has always been a complicated issue, and the 'official' descriptions have often contradicted the interpretations of the past viewed through the experiences of ordinary people. Identity and Memory in Post-Soviet Central Asia looks at the tradition of history construction in Central Asia. By collecting views of the public's experiences of the Soviet past in Uzbekistan, the author examines the transformation of present-day Central Asia from the perspective of these personal memories, and analyses how they relate to the Soviet and post-Soviet official descriptions of Soviet life. The book discusses that the way in which people in Central Asia reconcile their Soviet past to a great extent refers to the three-fold process of recollecting their everyday experiences, reflecting on their past from the perspective of their post-Soviet present, and re-imagining. These three elements influence memories and lead to selectivity in memory construction, emphasising the aspects of the Soviet era people choose to recall in positive and negative lights. Presenting a broader picture of Soviet everyday life at the periphery of the USSR, the book will be a useful contribution for students and scholars of Central Asian Studies, Ethnicity and Identity Politics"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 17, 2015)
Subject Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Uzbekistan
Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Asia, Central
Communism -- Social aspects -- Uzbekistan -- Historiography
Historiography -- Political aspects -- Uzbekistan
Memory -- Political aspects -- Uzbekistan
Collective memory -- Uzbekistan
Identity politics -- Uzbekistan
Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Uzbekistan
HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Collective memory
Ethnicity -- Political aspects
Historiography -- Political aspects
Identity politics
Memory -- Political aspects
Post-communism -- Social aspects
Social conditions
SUBJECT Uzbekistan -- Social conditions -- 1917-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141675
Uzbekistan -- Social conditions -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006303
Subject Central Asia
Uzbekistan
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