Film And Identity In Kazakhstan

Author : Rico Isaacs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838608521

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Film and Identity in Kazakhstan by Rico Isaacs Pdf

Cinema and nationalism are two fundamentally modern phenomena, but how have films shaped our understanding of the creation -the 'imagining' - of Central-Asian nations? Here, Rico Isaacs uses cinema as an analytical lens to explore how the Kazakh national identity has been constructed and contested. Drawing on an analysis of Kazakh films from the last century, and featuring new interviews with directors and critics involved in the Central Asian film industry, his book traces the construction of nationalism within Kazakh cinema from the country's inception as a Soviet Republic to a modern independent nation.Isaacs identifies four narratives since the collapse of the Soviet Union: a warrior-like 'ethnic' narrative rooted in the 18th Century struggles against the Mongolian Oirat tribes; a 'civic' inspired narrative cemented in the Stalinist deportations of the 1930s and 40s; a religious narrative founded within the mystic and philosophical religion of Tengrism and the cult of the Sky God; and a socio-economic narrative which roots Kazakh nationhood and identity in contemporary social divisions, the lived day-to-day experiences of ordinary citizens and the struggles they face with authority. These last two tropes demonstrate how cinema has emerged as a site of dissent against the country's authoritarian regime under President Nazarbayev. Film and Identity in Kazakhstan advances our understanding of Kazakhstan and nationalism by demonstrating the multiple and inessential character of each, and illustrates the important role of cinema in contesting political power in the post-Soviet space.

Author : Peter Rollberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793641755

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The Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925–1991 by Peter Rollberg Pdf

This monograph traces the history of Kazakh filmmaking from its conception as a Soviet cultural construction project to its peak as fully-fledged national cinema to its eventual re-imagining as an art-house phenomenon. The author’s analysis places leading directors—Shaken Aimanov, Abdulla Karsakbaev, Sultan-Akhmet Khodzhikov, Mazhit Begalin—in their sociopolitical and cultural context.

Author : Jasmin Dall’Agnola
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040044117

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Internet and Gender in Kazakhstan by Jasmin Dall’Agnola Pdf

Internet and Gender in Kazakhstan offers an empirically rich and theoretically compelling analysis of how the Internet is influencing societal attitudes towards women’s roles and agency in Kazakhstan. Equipped with intimate perspectives from the wider public in five different regions of Kazakhstan, the book conceptualises, theorises, and analyses the relationship between the Internet and gender-related attitudes in Kazakhstan through a decolonial feminist lens. The author argues that digital communication technologies’ effect on societal attitudes towards gender roles and norms in Kazakhstan is conditional on Internet and social media penetration rates, state-led digital censorship, and the ways in which local activists and conservative bloggers use their online presence. The book will be of interest to policy makers and researchers in the field of media studies, gender studies – in particular women’s rights, LGBTQ+, feminist activism, and gender-based violence – and Central Asian studies.

Author : Shirin Akiner
Publisher : Royal Institute of International Affairs
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015037338269

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The Formation of Kazakh Identity by Shirin Akiner Pdf

Author : Marlene Laruelle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793609144

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The Nazarbayev Generation by Marlene Laruelle Pdf

This social and cultural analysis provides a new understanding of Kazakhstan’s younger generations that emerged during the rule of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been presiding over Kazakhstan for the thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Half of Kazakhstan’s population was born after he took power and have no direct memory of the Soviet regime. Since the early 2000s, they have lived in a world of political stability and relative material affluence, and have developed a strong consumerist culture. Even with growing government restrictions on media, religion, and formal public expression, they have been raised in a comparatively free country. This book offers the first collective study of the “Nazarbayev Generation,” illuminating the diversity of the country’s younger generations and the transformations of social and cultural norms that have taken place over the course of three decades. The contributors to this collection move away from state-centric, top-down perspectives in favor of grassroots realities and bottom-up dynamics in order to better integrate sociological data.

Author : Ananda Breed,Eva-Marie Dubuisson,Ali Iğmen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030586850

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Creating Culture in (Post) Socialist Central Asia by Ananda Breed,Eva-Marie Dubuisson,Ali Iğmen Pdf

This book brings together historical and ethnographic research from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Xinjiang, in order to explore how individuals and communities work to create and maintain forms of ‘culture’ in contexts of ideological repression and erasure. Across Inner Central Asia, in both China and the Soviet Union, while ethnic culture was on one hand lauded and promoted, it was simultaneously folklorized in the face of broader projects of socialist modernity. How do local intellectuals, cultural organizers, and performers work to negotiate their own forms and understandings of cultural meaning within the institutions and frameworks of a long twentieth century? How does scholarly attention to cultural production, tradition, and performance help to inform our understanding of (ethnic) nations not as given, but as coming into being?

Author : Rico Isaacs,Erica Marat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429603594

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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia by Rico Isaacs,Erica Marat Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia offers the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary overview of key issues in Central Asian studies. The 30 chapters by leading and emerging scholars summarise major findings in the field and highlight long-term trends, recent observations and future developments in the region. The handbook features case studies of all five Central Asian republics and is organised thematically in seven sections: History Politics Geography International Relations Political Economy Society and Culture Religion An essential cross-disciplinary reference work, the handbook offers an accessible and easyto- understand guide to the core issues permeating the region to enable readers to grasp the fundamental challenges, transformations and themes in contemporary Central Asia. It will be of interest to researchers, academics and students of the region and those working in the field of Area Studies, History, Anthropology, Politics and International Relations. Chapter 23 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Jorge Pérez
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781487509118

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Fashioning Spanish Cinema by Jorge Pérez Pdf

Fashioning Spanish Cinema provides a critical examination of the intersections between fashion, costume design, and Spanish cinema.

Author : Rico Isaacs,Abel Polese
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317090199

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Nation-Building and Identity in the Post-Soviet Space by Rico Isaacs,Abel Polese Pdf

Nation-building as a process is never complete and issues related to identity, nation, state and regime-building are recurrent in the post-Soviet region. This comparative, inter-disciplinary volume explores how nation-building tools emerged and evolved over the last twenty years. Featuring in-depth case studies from countries throughout the post-Soviet space it compares various aspects of nation-building and identity formation projects. Approaching the issue from a variety of disciplines, and geographical areas, contributors illustrate chapter by chapter how different state and non-state actors utilise traditional instruments of nation-construction in new ways while also developing non-traditional tools and strategies to provide a contemporary account of how nation-formation efforts evolve and diverge.

Author : European Society for Central Asian Studies. International Conference
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 3825883094

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Central Asia on Display by European Society for Central Asian Studies. International Conference Pdf

Despite its geostrategic importance and its easier accessibility since the dissolvent of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has nevertheless remained a white spot on the map of western scholarship and public awareness. Bringing together papers presented at the VII ESCAS-Conference, this volume aims to shed light on the historical, political, cultural and socio-economic development of this region. Scholars from within and outside Central Asia discuss a wide range of topics, covering historical processes and events on the one hand and present developments of regional and global concern on the other.

Author : Rita Sanders
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785331930

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Staying at Home by Rita Sanders Pdf

Despite economic growth in Kazakhstan, more than 80 per cent of Kazakhstan’s ethnic Germans have emigrated to Germany to date. Disappointing experiences of the migrants, along with other aspects of life in Germany, have been transmitted through transnational networks to ethnic Germans still living in Kazakhstan. Consequently, Germans in Kazakhstan today feel more alienated than ever from their ‘historic homeland’. This book explores the interplay of those memories, social networks and state policies, which play a role in the ‘construction’ of a Kazakhstani German identity.

Author : Mariya Y. Omelicheva
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739181355

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Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia by Mariya Y. Omelicheva Pdf

This edited volume scrutinizes the nature and discourses of nationalisms and identity construction in the post-Soviet Central Asian republics, and elucidates the main strategies and tactics employed at various levels of identity construction in these states.

Author : Paul Brummell,Maria Oleynik
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Kazakhstan
ISBN : 9781784770921

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Kazakhstan by Paul Brummell,Maria Oleynik Pdf

This new, thoroughly updated third edition of Bradt's Kazakhstan remains the only guide available dedicated solely to the world's ninth largest country. This new edition covers all the most recent developments, including an updated history section, additional cultural coverage, more practical information to make independent travel easier, and the most up-to-date and relevant maps. Kazakhstan is more accessible than ever: tourist visas are no longer required and there are now numerous direct flights and connections from Europe. Tourist infrastructure has also significantly improved over the past few years and there are faster trains connecting east to west and north to south, as well as many options for internal flights. Kazakhstan is a modern country with a profound appreciation of its roots; numerous petroglyph sites with ancient rock art as well as the remains of Silk Road settlements testify to its varied history. The country offers a curious mix of Soviet nostalgia and architecture combined with the latest technology: Kazakhstan has better 4G coverage than Germany, France or Italy. For visitors, there are excellent opportunities for active tourism such as skiing, hiking, rafting, horse riding or simply gazing into the endless steppe. Bradt's Kazakhstan is indispensable for discovering this extraordinary country, a place that is as geographically diverse as its cultural mix: around 130 different ethnic groups calls Kazakhstan home. From snow-covered peaks with excellent skiing opportunities and hiking trails through river valleys to the secluded lakes of the Tian Shan Mountains, to endless semi-desert steppes and then on to the blue waters of the Caspian, Bradt's Kazakhstan is a perfect companion for all travellers, from nature lovers to cultural explorers, teenage backpackers to family groups.

Author : Michael Rouland,Gulnara Abikeyeva,Birgit Beumers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780857734211

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Cinema in Central Asia by Michael Rouland,Gulnara Abikeyeva,Birgit Beumers Pdf

Cinema in Central Asia is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the cinema of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan from its origins to the present day. Bringing together specialists from Central Asia, Russia, Europe and the United States, this companion to the cinema of the region combines serious scholarly study with practical accessibility to construct an historical narrative, discuss aspects of film production and consider the impact of film. The book also offers a deeper understanding of Central Asian culture that is invaluable with the geopolitical and economic emergence of this exciting region. The book opens with a broad history, paying particular attention to the emergence and expansion of the film industry, competing visions of nationalism and distinct phases of the post-Soviet film experience. A series of incisive articles written by specialists on Central Asian film follows. They explain early film institutions and themes, the impact of the Second World War, expressions of identity and protest during the Soviet era, as well as regional variations of post-Soviet filmmaking and political involvement. The final section comprises biographical and filmographical entries on the principal figures of Central Asian cinema that offer a much-needed reference for scholars and filmgoers.

Author : Marlene Laruelle
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498525480

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Kazakhstan in the Making by Marlene Laruelle Pdf

This collection is a multidisciplinary examination of modern-day Kazakhstan. It analyzes the country’s fast-changing national identity, the current regime’s ongoing quest for popular support, relations between the Kazakh majority and the Russian-speaking minorities, and various other issues.