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 |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 151 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429473019 1429473010 031307402X 9780313074028 |
