Muslims in Central Asia: Expressions of Identity and Change - Hardcover
This collection of essays focuses on the formation of ethnic, religious and national identities in the Muslim societies of Central Asia. Geographically, the essays cover Chinese Central Asia, Soviet Central Asia, Afghanistan, Transoxiana and Khurasan. Historically they trace developments from the 15th century to the present day. Drawing on scholarship in anthropology, religion, history, literature and language studies they 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 adapted through time.
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"This book's timeliness lies above all in all the reminders it offers regarding the historically fluid nature of communal identities, and regarding patterns of interaction between expressions of those identities, on the one hand, and political and religious developments on the other." --Devin DeWeese, Slavic Review
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- PublisherEdinburgh University Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 074860345X
- ISBN 13 9780748603459
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
- EditorGross Jo-Ann
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