Defending the Border : Identity, Religion, and Modernity in the Republic of Georgia.
Pelkmans, Mathijs.
Defending the Border : Identity, Religion, and Modernity in the Republic of Georgia. - 1st ed. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006. ©2011. - 1 online resource (257 pages) - Culture and Society after Socialism Series . - Culture and Society after Socialism Series .
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Terms and Abbreviations -- Introduction: Temporal Divides and Muddled Space along the Former Iron Curtain -- Part I: A Divided Village on the Georgian-Turkish Border -- Introduction: Divided Village -- 1. Caught between States -- 2. Mobilizing Cultural Stuff with Boundaries -- 3. Lost Relatives -- Part II: Frontiers of Islam and Christianity in Upper Ajaria -- Introduction: Christian Incursions -- 4. The Making and Transformation of the Frontier -- 5. Defending Muslim Identities -- 6. Ancestors and Enemies in Conversion to Christianity -- Part III: Postsocialist Borderlands -- Introduction: Treacherous Markets -- 7. Channeling Discontent -- 8. The Social Life of Empty Buildings -- Conclusion: Borders in Time and Space -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book, one of the first in English about everyday life in the Republic of Georgia, describes how people construct identity in a rapidly changing border region.
9780801461767
Ethnologie
Ethnische Identität
Adscharien
Turkey -- Boundaries -- Georgia (Republic) -- Ajaria -- History. Ajaria (Georgia) -- Boundaries -- Turkey -- History. Ajaria (Georgia) -- Religion. Ajaria (Georgia) -- Ethnic relations. Post-communism -- Georgia (Republic) -- Ajaria.
Fernzugriff
Defending the Border : Identity, Religion, and Modernity in the Republic of Georgia. - 1st ed. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006. ©2011. - 1 online resource (257 pages) - Culture and Society after Socialism Series . - Culture and Society after Socialism Series .
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Terms and Abbreviations -- Introduction: Temporal Divides and Muddled Space along the Former Iron Curtain -- Part I: A Divided Village on the Georgian-Turkish Border -- Introduction: Divided Village -- 1. Caught between States -- 2. Mobilizing Cultural Stuff with Boundaries -- 3. Lost Relatives -- Part II: Frontiers of Islam and Christianity in Upper Ajaria -- Introduction: Christian Incursions -- 4. The Making and Transformation of the Frontier -- 5. Defending Muslim Identities -- 6. Ancestors and Enemies in Conversion to Christianity -- Part III: Postsocialist Borderlands -- Introduction: Treacherous Markets -- 7. Channeling Discontent -- 8. The Social Life of Empty Buildings -- Conclusion: Borders in Time and Space -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book, one of the first in English about everyday life in the Republic of Georgia, describes how people construct identity in a rapidly changing border region.
9780801461767
Ethnologie
Ethnische Identität
Adscharien
Turkey -- Boundaries -- Georgia (Republic) -- Ajaria -- History. Ajaria (Georgia) -- Boundaries -- Turkey -- History. Ajaria (Georgia) -- Religion. Ajaria (Georgia) -- Ethnic relations. Post-communism -- Georgia (Republic) -- Ajaria.
Fernzugriff