Womens Dance Traditions Of Uzbekistan

Author : Laurel Victoria Gray
Publisher : Dance in the 21st Century
ISBN 13 : 1350249475
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women’s Dance Traditions of Uzbekistan written by Laurel Victoria Gray and published by Dance in the 21st Century. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women's dance – Ferghana, Khiva and Bukhara – and their broader Silk Road cultural connections, from folklore roots to contemporary stage dance. The book surveys the remarkable development from the earliest manifestations in ancient civilizations to a sequestered existence under Islam; from patronage under Soviet power to a place of pride for Uzbek nationhood. It considers the role that immigration had to play on the development of the dances; how women boldly challenged societal gender roles to perform in public; how both material culture and the natural world manifest in the dance; and it illuminates the innovations of pioneering choreographers who drew from Central Asian folk traditions, gestures and aesthetics – not Russian ballet – to first shape modern Uzbek stage dance. Written by the first American dancer invited to study in Uzbekistan, this book offers insight into the once-hidden world of Uzbek women's dance.

Author : Laurel Victoria Gray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350249491
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women’s Dance Traditions of Uzbekistan written by Laurel Victoria Gray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women's dance – Ferghana, Khiva and Bukhara – and their broader Silk Road cultural connections, from folklore roots to contemporary stage dance. The book surveys the remarkable development from the earliest manifestations in ancient civilizations to a sequestered existence under Islam; from patronage under Soviet power to a place of pride for Uzbek nationhood. It considers the role that immigration had to play on the development of the dances; how women boldly challenged societal gender roles to perform in public; how both material culture and the natural world manifest in the dance; and it illuminates the innovations of pioneering choreographers who drew from Central Asian folk traditions, gestures and aesthetics – not Russian ballet – to first shape modern Uzbek stage dance. Written by the first American dancer invited to study in Uzbekistan, this book offers insight into the once-hidden world of Uzbek women's dance.

Author : Mary M. Doi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031307402X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gesture, Gender, Nation written by Mary M. Doi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national dancers of Uzbekistan are almost always female. In a society that has been Muslim for nearly seven hundred years, why and how did unveiled female dancers become a beloved national icon during the Soviet period? Also, why has their popularity continued after the Uzbek republic became independent? The author 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. The female dancing body became a tabula rasa upon which the state inscribed, and reinscribed, constructions of Uzbek nationalism. Doi describes the politics of gender in households as well as the dominant kinship idioms in Uzbek society. She traces the rise of national dance as a profession for women during the Soviet period, prior to which women wore veils and kept purdah. The final chapter examines emerging notions of Uzbek, as regional and national groups contest the notion through debates about what constitutes authentic Uzbek dance. Doi concludes with a comparative discussion of the power of marginality, which enabled Uzbeks to maintain a domain where Uzbek culture and history could be honored, within the Russocentric hegemony of the Soviet state.

Author : Bibish
Publisher : Black Cat
ISBN 13 : 9780802170507
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dancer from Khiva written by Bibish and published by Black Cat. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Winner of the National Bestseller and Book of the Year prizes in Russia, The Dancer from Khiva, is the unflinchingly honest, deceptively plainspoken memoir of Bibish, a Central Asian woman who came of age in a rigidly Islamic village in Uzbekistan. In a narrative that flows like a late-night confession, Bibish recounts her story. Born into an impoverished family, she was named 'Hadjarbibi' in honor of her grandfather's pilgrimage to Mecca. The holy name, however, did not protect her from unspeakable abuse at the hands of the men in her village. She knew instinctively to keep her experience a secret rather than risk further punishment, but soon her love for Uzbeki dancing - prohibited by Islamic custom - caused her to be beaten by her brothers and ostracized from her community. Dreaming of freedom, Bibish fled. The Dancer from Khiva is a testament to her fierce will and courage: the searing, fast-paced tale of a woman who risked everything to follow her dreams, break her culture's silence, and tell her shocking story."--BOOK JACKET.

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Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Viltis written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Suad Joseph
Publisher : Encyclopedia of Women & Islami
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures written by Suad Joseph and published by Encyclopedia of Women & Islami. This book was released on 2003 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on women and the civilizations and societies in which Islam has played a historic role. Surveys all facets of life (society, economy, politics, religion, the arts, popular culture, sports, health, science, medicine, environment, and so forth) of women in these societies.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soviet Uzbekistan written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Melvin Ember
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Countries and Their Cultures written by Melvin Ember and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged alphabetically by country and using a standard entry format for easy comparison, this volume provides an overview of each country's shared values, behaviors, and cultural variations.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anthropology of East Europe Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ajit Jha
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668617872
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theme of Women in Patriarchal Societies written by Ajit Jha and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Gender Studies, grade: 9.3, University of Delhi (Anthropology), language: English, abstract: This essay is about the role of women in patriarchal societies all over the world. The theme of women in literary and scholarly narratives is all pervasive. It is notable that women all over the world and especially in patriarchal societies as well occupy an exalted role defined by their gendered identity as for instance tea practices in Mongolia with an opportunity for them to generate differentiated power, female celebrations in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan where their symbolic identity with cosmology is highlighted, on occasions when female deities under water are invoked to protect fishermen, and in several nations, cities, and villages where virgin Mary is sought as a protectress.