02360nam 2200577 a 450 991045012320332120200520144314.01-4294-7301-00-313-07402-X(CKB)1000000000003315(EBL)320745(OCoLC)181827517(SSID)ssj0000279870(PQKBManifestationID)11204923(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279870(PQKBWorkID)10268309(PQKB)10537116(MiAaPQ)EBC320745(Au-PeEL)EBL320745(CaPaEBR)ebr10005574(OCoLC)935265937(EXLCZ)99100000000000331520010404d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGesture, gender, nation[electronic resource] dance and social change in Uzbekistan /Mary Masayo DoiWestport, Conn. Bergin & Garvey20011 online resource (162 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-89789-825-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminaries; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Contents; Introduction; 1 Gender Kinship and Nationalism; 2 Taboo Breakers The Early Soviet Years 1924 1942; 3 The War Years: "We Made Dance a Beautiful Diamond" circa 1943 1953; 4 From Genealogical to Generic circa 1954 1990; 5 Independence 1991 1994; Conclusion It Is We Who Own Uzbekistan Now; Further Reading; References; IndexThe national dancers in Uzbekistan are almost always female. This work argues that dancers, as symbolic ""girls"" or unmarried females in the Uzbek kinship system, are effective mediators between extended kin groups, and the Uzbek nation-state.DanceSocial aspectsUzbekistanWomenUzbekistanSocial conditionsUzbekistanSocial conditions20th centuryElectronic books.DanceSocial aspectsWomenSocial conditions.306.4/84Doi Mary Masayo939050MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450123203321Gesture, gender, nation2116701UNINA