Steppe dreams : time, mediation, and postsocialist celebrations in Kazakhstan / Margarethe Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Margarethe, author.

Series:

Central Eurasia in context.

Central Eurasia in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kazakhstan--Civilization.

Kazakhstan.

Civilization.

Anniversaries.

Collective memory.

Festivals.

Political customs and rites.

Space and time--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]

Summary:

Steppe Dreams concerns the political significance of temporality in Kazakhstan, as manifested in public events and performances, and its reverberating effects in the personal lives of Kazakhstanis. Like many holidays in the post-Soviet sphere, public celebrations in Kazakhstan often reflect multiple temporal framings--utopian visions of the future, or romanticized views of the past--which throw light on present-day politics of identity. Adams examines the political, public aspects of temporality and the personal and emotional aspects of these events, providing a view into how time, mighty and unstoppable, is experienced in Kazakhstan.

Contents:

Setting the scene : a musical map of Almaty

Airing independence : performing the past and the future on December 16

Same time next year : winter and rhythmicity on television

An archaeology of Nauryz : the ancient past in public culture

Traveling histories : ethnicity, mobility, and religion in spring celebrations

Playing at war : musical commemorations of World War II on May 9

The precarious present and the city of the future : Astana, Islam, and pilgrimage

Conclusion. Striking the set.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822987505

0822987503

OCLC:

1175941301