Description: Muslims in Central Asia : Expressions of Identity and Change, Paperback by Gross, Jo-Ann (EDT); Allworth, Edward A. (EDT); Manz, Beatrice Forbes (CON); Atkin, Muriel (CON), ISBN 0822311909, ISBN-13 9780822311904, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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
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Book Title: Muslims in Central Asia : Expressions of Identity and Change
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 1991
Topic: Islamic Studies, Asia / General, General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Jo-Ann Gross
Item Width: 6.5 in
Book Series: Central Asia Book Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
