Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asia

ISBN-13: 9780415533164 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 212 str.

Catharine Alexander;Victor Buchli;Caroline Humphrey

Opis

Capturing a unique historical moment, this text examines the changes in urban life since the collapse of the Soviet Union from an ethnographic perspective, thus addressing significant gaps in the literature on cities, Central Asia and post-socialism.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Catherine Alexander and Victor Buchli  2. Astana: Materiality and the City Victor Buchli  3. Almaty: Rethinking the Public Sector Catherine Alexander  4. Tashkent: Three Capitals, Three Worlds Marfua Tokhtakhodzhaeva  5. City of Migrants: Contemporary Ulan-Ude in the Context of Russian Migration Galina Manzanova  6. The Creation and Revitalisation of Ethnic Sacred Sites in Ulan-Ude since the 1990s A. Hurelbaatar  7. The Homeless of Ulan-Ude Irina Baldaeva  8. New Subjects and Situated Interdependence: After Privatisation in Ulan-Ude Caroline Humphrey