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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812850703321

Autore

Mühlfried Florian

Titolo

Being a state and states of being in highland Georgia / / Florian Mühlfried

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78238-297-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

EASA Series ; ; Volume 24

Disciplina

320.94758

Soggetti

Central-local government relations - Georgia (Republic)

Citizenship - Georgia (Republic) - Tʻušetʻi

Government, Resistance to - Georgia (Republic) - Tʻušetʻi

Post-communism - Georgia (Republic) - Tʻušetʻi

Georgia (Republic) Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on Transcription; Introduction; 1 A Mobile Field; 2 Hidden Treasures in the Mountains and a State that Comes and Goes; 3 Reborn Citizens in a Post-Soviet Landscape; 4 Three Ways to Be a State; 5 Triple Winning and Simple Losing; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The highland region of the republic of Georgia, one of the former Soviet Socialist Republics, has long been legendary for its beauty. It is often assumed that the state has only made partial inroads into this region, and is mostly perceived as alien. Taking a fresh look at the Georgian highlands allows the author to consider perennial questions of citizenship, belonging, and mobility in a context that has otherwise been known only for its folkloric dimensions. Scrutinizing forms of identification with the state at its margins, as well as local encounters with the erratic Soviet and post-Sov