Iconic Places in Central Asia

The Moral Geography of Dams, Pastures and Holy Sites

Jeanne Féaux de la Croix (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2017
transcript (Verlag)
978-3-8376-3630-7 (ISBN)

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How can extraordinary places serve as compass points in life? This ethnography of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan provides an incisive political and emotional economy of space.

Jeanne Féaux de la Croix maps three iconic places as part of Central Asians' 'moral geographies' and examines their role in navigating socialist, neo-liberal and neo-Islamic life models.Dams provide most of Kyrgyzstan's electricity, but are also at the heart of regional water disputes that threaten an already shrinking Aral Sea. Mountain pastures cover much of Central Asia's heartland and offer a livelihood and refuge, even to urban citizens. Pilgrimage sites have recovered from official Soviet oblivion and act as cherished scenes of decision-making. Examining how iconic places, work and well-being can mesh together, this book moves debates about post-Soviet memory, space and property onto fresh terrain.

Jeanne Féaux de la Croix (PhD) is a social anthropologist based at Tübingen University. She directs several projects on the environment in Central Asia and also works on questions of Ageing, Labour and Development.

»Leserinnen wie Leser [werden] das Buch mit Gewinn zur Hand nehmen.« Rudolf A. Mark, Jahrbücher für die Geschichte Ostereuropas, 69/2 (2021) Besprochen in: Slavic Reviews, Winter 2018 Agriculture and Human Values, 21.01.2020, Christian Kelly Scott

»de la Croix makes a substantialand timely contribution to cultural and social sciencebeyond the geographic context in which the book is set.«

Erscheinungsdatum	16.12.2016
Reihe/Serie	Kultur und soziale Praxis
Verlagsort	Bielefeld
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 225 mm
Gewicht	543 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
Schlagworte	Asia • Central Asia • Cultural Anthropology • Cultural geography • Culture • Dams • Ethnology • Holy Sites • Iconic Places • Memory • Moral Geographies • Neo-Islamic Life • Neo-Liberal Life • pastures • post-socialism • Post-Soviet life • Socialist Life • space • well-being • Work • Zentralasien / Mittelasien; Kultur • Zentralasien / Mittelasien; Völkerkunde
ISBN-10	3-8376-3630-5 / 3837636305
ISBN-13	978-3-8376-3630-7 / 9783837636307
Zustand	Neuware