This paper discuses the theory of nationalism in building modern nation-states. The main thesis is explanatory which is defended on theoretical grounds and by referencing two Central Asian case studies: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In particular, the paper was influenced by Benedi…
An analysis of how Uzbekistan s 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.
This volume examines the ways that cultural elites were mobilized as part of Uzbekistan's nation-building project in the early years of independence, and how institutional and cultural restraints on nation building now function.
In the area of Boysun, present-day Uzbekistan, there is a living and vivid oral tradition based on stories from the epic Shah-nama. Barzu, son of Suhrab, is tragically killed at the hands of his famous father, the legendary hero Rustam. The storytellers Jura Kamol and Mullo Ravs…
