Muslims in Central Asia: Expressions of Identity and Change (Central Asia Book Series)

Jo-Ann Gross (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0822311909 / ISBN 13: 9780822311904

Published by Duke University Press, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Muslims in Central Asia: Expressions of Identity and Change (Central Asia Book Series)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822311909
• ISBN 13: 9780822311904
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 0.6W x 6H x 8.9D inches 0.6 inches width by 6 inches height by 8.9 inches depth
• Weight: 386 grams

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Synopsis

Central Asia is distinctive in its role as a frontier region in which a unique diversity of cultural, religious, and political traditions exist. This collection of essays by expert scholars in a range of disciplines focuses on the formation of ethnic, religious, and national identities in Muslim societies of Central Asia, thus furthering our general understanding of the history and culture of this significant region.
This study includes several geopolitical regions—Chinese Central Asia, Soviet Central Asia, Afghanistan, Transoxiana and Khurasan—and covers historical periods from the fifteenth century to the present. Drawing on scholarship in anthropology, religion, history, literature, and language studies, Muslims in Central Asia argues for an interdisciplinary, inter-regional dialog in the development of new approaches to understanding the Muslim societies in Central Asia. The authors creatively examine the social construction of identities as expressed through literature, Islamic discourse, historical texts, ethnic labels, and genealogies, and explore how such identities are formed, changed, and adopted through time.

Contributors. Hamid Algar, Muriel Atkin, Walter Feldman, Dru C. Gladney, Edward J. Lazzerini, Beatrice Forbes Manz, Christopher Murphy, Oliver Roy, Isenbike Togan

From the Back Cover

"This book's timeliness lies above all in all the reminders it offers regarding the historically fluid nature of communal identities, and regarding patterns of interaction between expressions of those identities, on the one hand, and political and religious developments on the other." --Devin DeWeese, "Slavic Review"