02433nam 2200613 a 450 991096756110332120200520144314.0978142947301914294730109780313074028031307402X(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(Perlego)4203028(EXLCZ)99100000000000331520010404d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGesture, gender, nation dance and social change in Uzbekistan /Mary Masayo Doi1st ed.Westport, Conn. Bergin & Garvey20011 online resource (xii, 151 pages) illustrations9780897898256 0897898257 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 centuryDanceSocial aspectsWomenSocial conditions.306.4/84Doi Mary Masayo1811526MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967561103321Gesture, gender, nation4363440UNINA