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Author : Akbar Khakimov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Atlas of Central Asian Artistic Crafts and Trades: Uzbekistan written by Akbar Khakimov and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Akbar Khakimov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Atlas of Central Asian Artistic Crafts and Trades: Kazakhstan written by Akbar Khakimov and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeanne Féaux de la Croix
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100087589X
Total Pages : 815 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Central Asian World written by Jeanne Féaux de la Croix and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark book provides a comprehensive anthropological introduction to contemporary Central Asia. Established and emerging scholars of the region critically interrogate the idea of a ‘Central Asian World’ at the intersection of post-Soviet, Persianate, East and South Asian worlds. Encompassing chapters on life between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Xinjiang, this volume situates the social, political, economic, ecological and ritual diversity of Central Asia in historical context. The book ethnographically explores key areas such as the growth of Islamic finance, the remaking of urban and sacred spaces, as well as decolonizing and queering approaches to Central Asia. The volume’s discussion of More-than-Human Worlds, Everyday Economies, Material Culture, Migration and Statehood engages core analytical concerns such as globalization, inequality and postcolonialism. Far more than a survey of a ‘world region’, the volume illuminates how people in Central Asia make a life at the intersection of diverse cross-cutting currents and flows of knowledge. In so doing, it stakes out the contribution of an anthropology of and from Central Asia to broader debates within contemporary anthropology. This is an essential reference for anthropologists as well as for scholars from other disciplines with a focus on Central Asia
Author : Sophie Lovell-Hoare
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1841624616
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Uzbekistan written by Sophie Lovell-Hoare and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2013 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to Uzbekistan, Central Asia's most populous country and the heart of the historic Silk Road.
Author : Sophie Ibbotson
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1784770175
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Uzbekistan written by Sophie Ibbotson and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uzbekistan Travel Guide - Expert advice and holiday tips including Tashkent architecture and hotels, Silk Road history, Islamic art and textiles, museums and culture. Also included are detailed maps, trekking and hiking routes, touring by bike, public transport, archaeological sites like Samarkand and Bukara, Fergana Valley and Kyzylkum Desert.
Author : MaryLee Knowlton
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761420163
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Uzbekistan written by MaryLee Knowlton and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the geography, history, government, economy, culture, and peoples of Uzbekistan.
Author : Gabriele Mentges
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3830979061
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Modernity of Tradition written by Gabriele Mentges and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on 2013 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usually, advertising formulas which fix Uzbekistan in a transfigured oriental past of long ago perfect for the travel industry, prefer to forget that there is also a modern Uzbekistan in which, as some researchers suggest, a new Silk Road is beginning to evolve. The present volume intends to provide an initial insight into these evolving connections and processes, on the one hand to present the textile facets that they encompass and on the other hand to show how, from the perspective of Uzbek researchers, the problem and the current status of textile research and of textile revitalisation are developing.
Author : Adle, Chahryar
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231039857
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book History of civilizations of Central Asia written by Adle, Chahryar and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-03 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major six-volume project, co-published with Macmillan, covers the historical experience of the peoples and societies of the Caribbean region from the earliest times to the present day. The sixth volume brings this series to an end as it takes in the whole of the modern period from colonial conquest and domination to decolonization; the Cold War from start to finish; the disintegration of the Soviet Union; and the renewed instability in certain areas. Not only did the colonial regimes lay a new patina over the region, but nationalism remoulded all old identities into a series of new ones. That process of the twentieth century was perhaps the most transformative of all after the colonial subjugation of the nineteenth. While it has been the basis of remarkable stability in vast stretches of the region, it has been a fertile source of tension and even wars in other parts. The impact and the results of such changes have been astonishingly variable despite the proximity of these states to each other and their being subject to, or driven, by virtually the same compulsions.
Author : Sophie Ibbotson
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1804691984
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Karakalpakstan written by Sophie Ibbotson and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bradt’s Karakalpakstan is the longest, most detailed and most up-to-date travel guidebook to this autonomous republic – Central Asia’s best-kept secret. With detailed information on what to see and do, listings for accommodation and restaurants, and guidance on getting around, this guide provides all the practical advice adventurous tourists need to visit or explore this exciting destination. Roughly the size of Sweden, Karakalpakstan borders Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and was, until recently, dominated by the Aral Sea. As the sea water has retreated, the Aralkum – the world’s newest desert – and numerous lakes have formed in its place. Ecotourism is developing rapidly here, as local people recognise the need to protect and restore fragile ecosystems while creating meaningful employment opportunities. Amid Karakalpakstan’s remote wildernesses, the intrepid traveller will find unique geology (such as the Ustyurt Plateau), rare wildlife (including a substantial population of the critically endangered saiga antelope, whose peculiarly bulbous nose helps filter desert dust and regulate the animal’s temperature), and fabulous star gazing. The region also boasts a long history and rich culture. Scattered through the Kyzylkum, the ruins of the 50-plus desert fortresses of Ancient Khorezm (some proposed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites) attest to the region’s former strategic importance. You can explore ancient settlements (such as the necropolis of Mizdakhan, said to include the grave of Adam), and see caravanserais, mausolea and even Chilpik Dakhma, a Zoroastrian ‘tower of silence’. Alternatively, celebrate Russian Avant Garde art alongside the superb archaeological and ethnographic collections of Savitsky Museum in Nukus, justifiably known as the ‘Louvre of the Steppe’. For something entirely different, why not explore Muynak’s ship graveyard on the remains of the Aral Sea, visit the notorious Soviet bioweapons lab Aralsk 7 on Vozrozhdeniya (Resurrection Island), raise your binoculars at the Important Bird and Biodiversity Area of Sudochye Lakes (where 230 types of birds have been recorded) or dance the night away at the annual Stihia festival of electronic music. Written by two Central Asian experts, Bradt’s Karakalpakstan is an indispensable practical companion to visiting this excitingly varied republic.
Author : Heike Jenss
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350057835
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Fashion and Materiality written by Heike Jenss and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fashion is intimately tied to the material world. With a focus on diverse cultural practices, this book offers new insights into the dynamic relationships between fashion, bodies, and material culture. In a series of original case studies, both historical and contemporary, the collection explores how fashion and clothing affect articulations of body and self, experiences of time and place, and the shaping of social and local/global relationships. With chapters from leading international scholars, Fashion and Materiality takes the reader from the study of clothing and biography, and an early modern “foreign dress” collection, to Chinoiserie clothing in 18th-century Europe and fast fashion production in today's China. The book also examines fashion's role in nation building, and entanglements between fashion and migration across clothing donations for Syrian refugees in Germany and the circulation of “refugee chic” on international fashion runways. Scrutinizing the dense connections between fashion, clothing, materiality, and humanity, the book shows how the material interacts forcefully with the personal and political.
Author : Rafis Abazov
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Culture and Customs of the Central Asian Republics written by Rafis Abazov and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2007 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents: Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Chronology Introduction: Land, People, and History Folklore and Literature Media and Cinema Performing Arts Visual Arts Architecture Gender, Courtship, and Marriage Festivals, Fun, and Leisure Glossary Selected Bibliography Index.
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Publisher : Odyssey Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Uzbekistan written by and published by Odyssey Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel & holiday.
Author : Neville Agnew
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606060139
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road written by Neville Agnew and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neville Agnew, senior principal project specialist at the GCI, is the author of numerous publications in research chemistry and conservation, including (with two coauthors) the book Cave Temples of Mogao: Art and History on the Silk Road. --Book Jacket.
Author : Christina Sumner
Publisher : Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bright Flowers written by Christina Sumner and published by Ben Uri Gallery & Museum. This book was released on 2004 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional crafts in a variety of media are showcased in this lavishly illustrated book which accompanies a major exhibition at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum. Taking inspiration from Islamic ornament and other traditional motifs, contemporary makers continue to find inspiration in the bright flowers of the oases.
Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292547593
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Central Asia Atlas of Natural Resources written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas brings together a wealth of information related to living and nonliving natural resources in the five countries of Central Asia---Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It contains an array of maps based on geographic information systems and remote sensing images, numerous photographs, tabulations of important data, and extensive descriptive text that together illustrate and describe the region's bountiful natural resources, its diversity of peoples, and their progress toward sustainable development. Highlights include geographic and climatic features; environmental, economic, and social profiles; energy, minerals, and water resources; ecoregions and ecosystems; major fauna and flora; agriculture and fisheries; peoples and cultural traditions; and economic and social statistics.
Author : Gabriele Mentges
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3830986092
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Textiles as National Heritage: Identities, Politics and Material Culture written by Gabriele Mentges and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on 2017 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The edited volume discusses the role of textile heritage in relation to the dynamics of nation building, cultural identity, politics, economy and the globalization of markets. It was sparked by a research project investigating the role of textiles, textile design and contemporary fashion in the post-Soviet societies of Central Asia and also includes perspectives on similar developments in Algeria and Peru in order to question dichotomous narrations of modernity relations between textile cultures and heritage building, cultural property, and the concept of cultural heritage. Thus, this book intends to stimulate the ongoing debate about textile culture as national heritage or as means of nation branding.
Author : Tom Reiss
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407053825
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Orientalist written by Tom Reiss and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Orientalist unravels the mysterious life of a man born on the border between West and East, a Jewish man with a passion for the Arab world. Tom Reiss first came across the man who called himself 'Kurban Said' when he went to the ex-USSR to research the oil business on the Caspian Sea, and discovered a novel instead. Written on the eve of the Second World War, Ali and Nino is a captivating love story set in the glamorous city of Baku, Azerbaijan's capital. The novel's depiction of a lost cosmopolitan society is enthralling, but equally intriguing is the identity of the man who wrote it. Who was its supposed author? And why was he so forgotten that no one could agree on the simplest facts about him? For five years, Reiss tracked Lev Nussimbaum, alias Kurban Said, from a wealthy Jewish childhood in Baku, to a romantic adolescence in Persia on the run from the Bolsheviks, and an exile in Berlin as bestselling author and self-proclaimed Muslim prince. The result is a thoroughly unexpected picture of the twentieth-century - of the origins of our ideas about race and religious self-definition, and of the roots of modern fanaticism.
