Gesture, gender, nation : dance and social change in Uzbekistan /
The 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
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Bergin & Garvey,
2002.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
