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1. Uzbekistan (Cultures of the World)
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2. The Spectacular State: Culture
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3. Russian Culture in Uzbekistan
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4. A Strategic Assessment of Uzbekistan,
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5. Uzbekistani Culture: Pilaf, Kanka,
 
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6. UZBEKISTAN: An entry from Macmillan
 
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7. Uzbekistan's eternal realities:
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8. Russian Culture in Uzbekistan:
 
9. Materialy i Issldovania Po Istorii
 
10. Culture and Art of Ancient Uzbekistan
 
11. Post-Soviet identity and environmental
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12. Uzbekistan: Heir to the Silk Road
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13. Gesture, Gender, Nation: Dance
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14. Spiritual Values and Social Progress
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15. The Dancer from Khiva: One Muslim

1. Uzbekistan (Cultures of the World)
by Marylee Knowlton
Library Binding: 144 Pages (2005-09-30)
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Asin: 0761420169
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2. The Spectacular State: Culture and National Identity in Uzbekistan (Politics, History, and Culture)
by Laura Adams
Paperback: 256 Pages (2010-01-01)
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Laura L. Adams offers unique insight into nation building in Central Asia during the post-Soviet era through an exploration of Uzbekistan’s production of national culture in the 1990s. As she explains, after independence the Uzbek government maintained a monopoly over ideology, exploiting the remaining Soviet institutional and cultural legacies. The state expressed national identity through tightly controlled mass spectacles, including theatrical and musical performances. Adams focuses on these events, particularly the massive outdoor concerts the government staged on the two biggest national holidays, Navro’z, the spring equinox celebration, and Independence Day. Her analysis of the content, form, and production of these ceremonies shows how Uzbekistan’s cultural and political elites engaged in a highly directed, largely successful program of nation building through culture.

Adams draws on her observations and interviews conducted with artists, intellectuals, and bureaucrats involved in the production of Uzbekistan’s national culture. These elites used globalized cultural forms such as Olympics-style spectacle to showcase local, national, and international aspects of official culture. While these state-sponsored extravaganzas were intended to be displays of Uzbekistan’s ethnic and civic national identity, Adams found that cultural renewal in the decade after Uzbekistan’s independence was not so much a rejection of Soviet power as it was a re-appropriation of Soviet methods of control and ideas about culture. The public sphere became more restricted than it had been in Soviet times, even as Soviet-era ideas about ethnic and national identity paved the way for Uzbekistan to join a more open global community.

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3. Russian Culture in Uzbekistan (One Language in the middle of Nowhere)
by David Macfadyen
Hardcover: 208 Pages (2006-07-07)
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Asin: 0415341345
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Recent political changes in Central Asia, where the United States is replacing Russia as the dominant power, are having a profound effect on Russian speakers in the region. These people, formerly perceived as progressive and engaging with Europe, are now confronted by the erasure of their literary, musical, cinematic and journalistic culture, as local ethnic and American cultures become much stronger. 

This book examines the predicament of Russian culture in Central Asia, looking at literature, language, cinema, music, and religion. It argues that the Soviet past was much more complex than the simplified, polarised rhetoric of the Cold War period and also that the present situation, in which politicians from the former Soviet regime often continue in power, is equally complex.

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4. A Strategic Assessment of Uzbekistan, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
by The Uzbekistan Research Group, The Uzbekistan Research Group
Ring-bound: 76 Pages (2000-04-25)
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Asin: 0741822865
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Uzbekistan has recently come to the attention to global strategic planners.This report puts these executives on the fast track.Ten chapters provide: an overview of how to strategically access this important market, a discussion on economic fundamentals, marketing & distribution options, export and direct investment options, and full risk assessments (political, cultural, legal, human resources).Ample statistical benchmarks and comparative graphs are given. ... Read more


5. Uzbekistani Culture: Pilaf, Kanka, Uzbekistan, Culture of Uzbekistan, Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum, Uzbekisation, Aqsaqal, Shahruhiya, Chor-Bakr
Paperback: 50 Pages (2010-09-15)
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Asin: 1156871743
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Chapters: Pilaf, Kanka, Uzbekistan, Culture of Uzbekistan, Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum, Uzbekisation, Aqsaqal, Shahruhiya, Chor-Bakr, Xazorasp, Boysun, Rabati Malik Caravanserai, Public Holidays in Uzbekistan, Khanbandi, Tubeteika, Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali Complex, National Library of Uzbekistan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pilaf, also called polo , polao, pilau, pilav, pilaff, plov or pulao in their adopted languages (Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Marathi, Uzbek, Turkmen, Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, Pashto, Persian, Armenian etc.) and in Greek - (Pilafi-), is a dish in which a grain, such as rice or cracked wheat, is browned in oil, and then cooked in a seasoned broth. In some cases, the rice may also attain its brown color by being stirred with bits of burned onion, as well as a large mix of spices. The English term pilaf is borrowed directly from Turkish, but all these terms ultimately derive from (Classical) Persian , which is pronounced in Persian (Dari), and in standard Iranian Persian, polów. In Urdu is pronounced pulo . Depending on the local cuisine, it may also contain a variety of meat and vegetables. Pilaf and similar dishes are common to Middle Eastern, Central and South Asian, East African, Latin American, and Caribbean cuisines. Plov being prepared in a qozonThere is historical evidence that the cultivation of rice was introduced systematically into Mesopotamia and southwestern Iran on a large scale in the 5th century BCE, making rice available to the people of Central Asia and the Middle East on a scale that was not possible previously. Persian culinary terms referring to rice preparations are numerous and have found their way into the neighbouring languages: Polow (rice cooked in broth while the grains remain separate, straining th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=581997 ... Read more


6. UZBEKISTAN: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Countries and Their Cultures</i>
by JEFF ERLICH
 Digital: 13 Pages (2001)
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This digital document is an article from Countries and Their Cultures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 3815 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs. ... Read more


7. Uzbekistan's eternal realities: a report from Tashkent.: An article from: World Policy Journal
by Gregory Feifer
 Digital: 18 Pages (2002-03-22)
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This digital document is an article from World Policy Journal, published by World Policy Institute on March 22, 2002. The length of the article is 5146 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Uzbekistan's eternal realities: a report from Tashkent.
Author: Gregory Feifer
Publication: World Policy Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2002
Publisher: World Policy Institute
Volume: 19Issue: 1Page: 81(9)

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8. Russian Culture in Uzbekistan: One Language in the Middle of Nowhere
by David MacFadyen
Paperback: 210 Pages (2004-07-29)
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Asin: 0415545730
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Recent political changes in Central Asia, where the United States is replacing Russia as the dominant power, are having a profound effect on Russian speakers in the region. These people, formerly perceived as progressive and engaging with Europe, are now confronted by the erasure of their literary, musical, cinematic and journalistic culture, as local ethnic and American cultures become much stronger.


This book examines the predicament of Russian culture in Central Asia, looking at literature, language, cinema, music, and religion. It argues that the Soviet past was much more complex than the simplified, polarised rhetoric of the Cold War period and also that the present situation, in which politicians from the former Soviet regime often continue in power, is equally complex.

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9. Materialy i Issldovania Po Istorii i Restavracii Arhitekturnyh Pamatnikov Uzbekistana (Materials and Issldovaniya on History and Restoration of the Architectural Monuments of Uzbekistan) (in Cyrillic - Russian or Uzbek)
by Ministry of Culture of Uzbek SSR [Glavoe] Administration for the Proctection of the Monuments of the Material of the Cultures
 Hardcover: 158 Pages (1967)

Asin: B001KAACDO
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Text in cyrillic (Russian or Uzbek). Illustrated with diagrams and black-and-white photographs. ... Read more


10. Culture and Art of Ancient Uzbekistan Exhibition Catalog Volume 1 Only
by Edited
 Hardcover: Pages (1991)

Asin: B0019RLCV4
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11. Post-Soviet identity and environmental problems in transition: Estonia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan through focus groups
by Michael D Kennedy
 Unknown Binding: 29 Pages (1997)

Asin: B0006QRBYQ
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12. Uzbekistan: Heir to the Silk Road
Hardcover: 368 Pages (1997-09)
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Asin: 0500974519
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Since its rediscovery by European explorers and travelers in the nineteenth century, the Silk Road has lost none of its fascination. It continues to evoke images of heavily laden caravans crossing endless deserts, steppes, and mountain ranges to reach the markets of wealthy oasis towns. From the second century BC, this network of merchants' routes, well over 4,000 miles long, linked China and the Roman Empire. It served the trade of luxury goods, notably silk, and stimulated the spread of ideas about religion, culture, and art. The young republic of Uzbekistan, with its ancient urban cultural centers of Bukhara, Chiwa, and Samarkand, is the heartland of the Silk Road. The artistic and cultural history of the region, through more than two millennia, is clearly explained here, together with analyses of the architecture, the art of the book, Islamic arts and crafts, and the rich variety of textiles of the region. The wealth of illustrations is drawn from objects in European and Uzbek museums and private collections, many published for the first time. ... Read more

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4-0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive guide through the ages.
This German collaboration does well in discussing the general history of the region from the pre-Islamic Sogdian and Bactrian kingdoms, to the khanates and the intrigues of the Great Game to the present day independantcountry.

Uzbekistan itself, strangely enough, is largely a Soviet eracreation. The present borders include the historically important towns ofSamarkand and Burkhara (and much of the Fergana Valley), much to theannoyance of Tadjikistan. Thus, the work focusses on the regionaldefinition of Uzbekistan rather than as a people. (The Uzbeks trace theirname from Ozbeg, a leader of tribes of Mongol descent in the 14thCentury).

Vivid pictures of works of art as well as early photographschronicle the cultural sophistication in what was once the crossroads ofthe greatest civillizations in antiquity. An in depth analysis of thedifferent patterns and motifs in carpets points attest to the subtleinfluences in the region. The book cannot be faulted on its detail of itsanalysis of artifacts and works of art. Long a people with a nomadicinclination, such influences did not necessarily remain rooted for long,and these remain as probably its most reliable catalog of its past.

Thussaid, the book is informative to the point of being somewhat staid in itsnarrative. Not much is said about life after the transition from the formerUzbek SSR to an independant country. The work is obviously of some nationalimportance as the President of the new Republic provides theforward.

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13. Gesture, Gender, Nation: Dance and Social Change in Uzbekistan
by Mary M. Doi
Hardcover: 168 Pages (2001-11-30)
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The national dancers of Uzbekistan are almost always female. In a society that has been Muslim for nearly seven hundred years, why and how did unveiled female dancers become a beloved national icon during the Soviet period? Also, why has their popularity continued after the Uzbek republic became independent? The author argues that dancers, as symbolic "girls" or unmarried females in the Uzbek kinship system, are effective mediators between extended kin groups, and the Uzbek nation-state. The female dancing body became a otabula rasa" upon which the state inscribed, and reinscribed, constructions of "Uzbek" nationalism. ... Read more


14. Spiritual Values and Social Progress (Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change. Series Iiic, Central Asia, V. 1)
Paperback: 237 Pages (2000-10)
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Asin: 1565181433
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15. The Dancer from Khiva: One Muslim Woman's Quest for Freedom
by Bibish
Paperback: 176 Pages (2008-08-05)
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Asin: 0802170501
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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An unflinchingly honest memoir, The Dancer from Khiva is a true story that offers remarkable insights into Central Asian culture through the harrowing experiences of a young girl.

In a narrative that flows like a late-night confession, Bibish recounts her story. Born to an impoverished family in a deeply religious village in Uzbekistan, Bibish was named “Hadjarbibi” in honor of her grandfather’s hadj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. But the holy name did not protect her from being gang-raped at the age of eight and left for dead in the desert. Bibish’s tenacity helped her survive, but in the coming years, that same tough-spiritedness caused her to be beaten, victimized, and ostracized from her family and community. Despite the seeming hopelessness of being a woman in such a cruelly patriarchal society, Bibish secretly cultivated her own dreams--of dancing, of raising a family, and of telling her story to the world.

The product of incredible resilience and spirit, The Dancer from Khiva is a harrowing, clear-eyed dispatch from a land where thousands of such stories have been silenced. It is a testament to Bibish’s fierce will and courage: the searing, fast-paced tale of a woman who risked everything.
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4-0 out of 5 stars Touchingly sad, funny and worthwhile
This is a different sort of book.It's not fiction, but it doesn't really read like a memoir either.It's the true story of Bibish, an Uzbeki woman who grows up in a tiny village.Bibish is sexually assaulted on more than one occasion, but never tells anyone because in her culture, she would be punished for the assaults.She endures numerous hardships but somehow maintains hope and a desire to escape her difficult life.She loves to dance but is punished for doing so by her family.She makes her escape, which leads to a whole new series of pitfalls.

Although many of the things that happen to her are horrific, there are other, more light hearted aspects of the novel too.When Bibish moves to Russia and sets up a stall in the marketplace, she hasn't quite got the hang of the Russian language and makes some fairly inappropriate, and hilarious, gaffes while trying to talk to customers.The tone of the book is very conversational, almost a cross between a journal and a long talk with a close friend.It's both sad and uplifting, and a clear and personal portrait of one woman's struggle to survive oppression and poverty with her spirit intact.

5-0 out of 5 stars A great book!
I really liked this book. I like that she wrote it as though she were just talking to you and telling her story face to face. I'm still not sure why it says "one muslim woman's quest for freedom" in the description though. Maybe the publisher thought it would make for a good sale?
At some points in this book I wanted to cry, and then at some points I was laughing so hard I did cry. She is a very spirited woman, but I just wish that she would stand up for herself a little more. She doesn't dwell on the bad things. She tells it like it is and then moves on. I'm left with the impression that she plans to write a sequal and thats why the ending was a bit abrupt. ... Read more


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