- Tytuł:
- THE SPIRIT THAT PERMEATES THE HUMAN SOUL: ANTHROPOLOGY, NATIONAL EPIC, AND NATION-BUILDING IN KYRGYZSTAN
- Autorzy:
- Wielecki, Kamil M.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/chapters/960511.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2020-12-30
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
- Tematy:
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nation-building
national ideology
anthropology
Epic of Manas
Kyrgyzstan
Askar Akaev - Opis:
- The paper discusses the uses of the myth of Manas in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. Manas, the biggest cultural hero of the Kyrgyz people, is considered the Father of the nation. The Epic of Manas, in turn, is considered the longest ever written, and serves as a synecdoche for all Kyrgyz culture. Based on my ethnographic fieldwork research, I argue that the content of the epic has only a loose connection to ways in which it has been applied in practice as a key element in the Kyrgyz nation-building process after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. I briefly refer to the content of the epic and a few theories on its provenance. Next, I describe Manas Ordo – a big architectural complex built around the symbolic tomb of Manas – as well as many controversies attached to the place. Finally, I describe the national policies of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan’s first president, Askar Akaev, and comment on the crucial role of native anthropology in the construction of national ideology in contemporary Kyrgyzstan.
- Źródło:
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Facing Challenges of Identification: Investigating Identities of Buryats and Their Neighbor Peoples; 99-131
9788323547334 - Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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