Bishkek Boys

Neighbourhood Youth and Urban Change in Kyrgyzstan's Capital
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-726-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Reihe: Integration and Conflict Studies

In this pioneering ethnographic study of identity and integration, author Philipp Schröder explores urban change in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek from the vantage point of the male youth living in one neighbourhood. Touching on topics including authority, violence, social and imaginary geographies, interethnic relations, friendship, and competing notions of belonging to the city, Bishkek Boys offers unique insights into how post-Socialist economic liberalization, rural-urban migration and ethnic nationalism have reshaped social relations among young males who come of age in this Central Asian urban environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schröder, Philipp

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Notes on Transliteration and Naming

Introduction: The Playground Incident, the Field and a Conceptual Frame

Chapter 1. Authority and Resource: Batyr as a Leader in Shanghai

Chapter 2. Territory: Kanat and the Other Yards

Chapter 3. Disconnection: Bolot and the Generation ‘Off the Streets’

Chapter 4. Respect and Responsibility: Semetei and the Other Bratishki

Chapter 5. Solidarity: Metis, Ulan and Friendship Relations

Chapter 6. Acquaintances: Maks and Interethnic Relations

Chapter 7. Urban Socialization: Tilek and the Newcomers

Conclusion: From Shanghai to Iug-2 and Bishkek’s Postsocialist Trajectory

List of Main Characters

Glossary of Selected Terms

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Schröder, Philipp
Philipp Schröder is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Asian and African Studies. Until 2011 he was a member of the research group ‘Integration and Conflict’ at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale and received his PhD from the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.