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Speaking Soviet with an accent

Igmen, Ali F.

Speaking Soviet with an accent culture and power in Kyrgyzstan / [electronic resource] : Ali F. Igmen. - Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (240 p.) - Central Eurasia in context . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: crafting Kyrgyzness -- Being "Asiatic" subjects of the empire -- The making of Soviet culture in Kyrgyzstan during the 1920s and 1930s -- The emergence of the Soviet houses of culture in Kyrgyzstan -- Celebrations in Soviet Kyrgyzstan during the 1930s -- Soviet theater in Kyrgyzstan in the 1930s -- Self-fashioning Kyrgyzness among women -- Conclusion: speaking Soviet the Kyrgyz way.

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Politics and culture--History.--Kyrgyzstan
Popular culture--History.--Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz--Cultural assimilation--History.--Soviet Union
Minorities--Government policy--History.--Soviet Union


Kyrgyzstan--Intellectual life--20th century.
Soviet Union--Ethnic relations--History.
Soviet Union--Cultural policy--History.


Electronic books.

JN6520.M5 / I45 2012

306.095843/09041