Research Catalog

Title

Cultural change and continuity in Central Asia / edited by Shirin Akiner.

Publication

London ; New York : Kegan Paul : in association with Central Asia Research Forum, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1991.

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Additional Authors

Akiner, Shirin.

Description

ix, 377 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Central Asia has undergone dramatic material and cultural change in this century. Traditional Muslim societies have come under socialist rule and been forced to adapt to new political and economic systems. The emancipation of women, the introduction of universal education and the immigration of large numbers of foreigners into the region are some of the factors that have contributed to the new face of Central Asia."--BOOK JACKET. "However, the old ways have not been obliterated. In some cases a synthesis has been achieved between old and new, in others the old survives alongside the new. There has been change, but there is also continuity. This is vividly illustrated in such fields as literature, music, dress and family life."--BOOK JACKET. "This collection of nineteen studies by international scholars from a wide variety of disciplines explores themes connected with popular Islam, the role of ritual in family life and linguistic and cultural change. The majority of the studies concentrate on Soviet Central Asia, but some are concerned with cultural change in Afghanistan and Xinjiang."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Asia, Central > Civilization > Congresses

Note

• Papers presented at a conference on Tradition and Change in Central Asia held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in April 1987.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0710303513

LCCN

^^^90043441^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library