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Bishkek Boys

Neighbourhood Youth and Urban Change in Kyrgyzstan’s Capital

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvPhilipp Schröder

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In this pioneering ethnographic study of identity and integration, author Philipp Schröder explores urban change in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek from the vantage point of the male youth living in one neighbourhood. Touching on topics including authority, violence, social and imaginary geographies, interethnic relations, friendship, and competing notions of belonging to the city, Bishkek Boys offers unique insights into how post-Socialist economic liberalization, rural-urban migration and ethnic nationalism have reshaped social relations among young males who come of age in this Central Asian urban environment.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-11-01
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt529 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieIntegration and Conflict Studies
Antal sidor258
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781785337260

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNotes on Transliteration and NamingIntroduction: The Playground Incident, the Field and a Conceptual FrameChapter 1. Authority and Resource: Batyr as a Leader in ShanghaiChapter 2. Territory: Kanat and the Other YardsChapter 3. Disconnection: Bolot and the Generation ‘Off the Streets’Chapter 4. Respect and Responsibility: Semetei and the Other BratishkiChapter 5. Solidarity: Metis, Ulan and Friendship RelationsChapter 6. Acquaintances: Maks and Interethnic RelationsChapter 7. Urban Socialization: Tilek and the NewcomersConclusion: From Shanghai to Iug-2 and Bishkek’s Postsocialist TrajectoryList of Main CharactersGlossary of Selected TermsReferencesIndex

“…rich, detailed, and scrupulous ethnographic descriptions…Bishkek Boys should be read by researchers and students in courses on Central Asia and post-Soviet space, as well as in youth and urban communities studies.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)“The merit of a micro-ethnography is the ability to document a rich tapestry of interpersonal exchanges, storytelling and self-presentations that assemble and capture emergent social organisation. This is an engaging insight into how community bonds are fragmented and recreated.” • Newbooks.asia“Meticulously researched, theoretically strong, scrupulously annotated – in other words, this is an excellent book.” · Shirin Akiner, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University“This attractively written book is a tribute to the realities of urban life in Central Asia, as seen through the perspective of young men in search of respect and authority, while dealing with the fall out of larger socio-political upheavals” · Mathijs Pelkmans, London School of Economics