Russian Culture in Uzbekistan: One Language in the Middle of NowhereRoutledge, 27 sept. 2006 - 208 pages 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. |
Table des matières
Troubles with Islam and ecstasy or selfoblivion 21 | |
plaintive sobbing or fiery virtuosity? 38 | |
Introducing Russian classical music to Central Asia 56 | |
The onset of Russian literatures kindly genius 65 | |
Simplifying one thousand years of Uzbek poetry 78 | |
Todays culture and the ironic benefits of the internet 96 | |
eventful encounters with a horror vacui 113 | |
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