This dissertation examines the character and consequences of the encounter between Soviet colonial authorities and southern Central Asian society during the period 1927–1941, one expressed fundamentally through the language of gender relations and family life. I focus on Uzbekis…
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Whether the Soviets succeeded or failed in their efforts to transform Central Asian societies is one of the central questions that continues to preoccupy scholars of this region. Soviet leaders manipulated the position and status of women to meet their ideological and economic g…
Amidst post-Soviet Central Asia's economic stagnation and political instabilities of the 1990s, Uzbek men in the city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, interpreted a wide range of current events and trends through the frame of a political imagination about what an ideal postsocialist state lo…
Central Asia is a region of tremendously diverse musical cultures, whose embedding in a complex Islamic-influenced, post-Soviet environment requires a broad and innovative scholarly approach. The case of Uzbekistan demands special attention to state-run institutions, because the…
Alexander Volkov (1886-1957), an Uzbek artist identified by his expressive style, vibrant palette, and devotion to folk subjects, was a leading figure in the movement known as the Uzbek avant-garde. Volkov's influence is still at work among artists in Uzbekistan, though his lega…