Bishkek Boys Neighbourhood Youth and Urban Change in Kyrgyzstans Capital [Hardcover]

In this pioneering ethnographic study of identity and integration, author Philipp Schr?der explores urban change in Kyrgyzstans 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 Boysoffers 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.

Meticulously researched, theoretically strong, scrupulously annotated  in other words, this is an excellent book.? Shirin Akiner, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University

This attractively written book is a tribute to the realities of urban life in Central Asia, as seen through the perspective of young men in search of respect and authority, while dealing with the fall out of larger socio-political upheavals? Mathijs Pelkmans, London School of Economics

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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 inShanghai
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 OtherBratishki
Chapter 5.Solidarity: Metis, Ulan and Friendship Relations
Chapter 6.Acquaintances: Maks and Interethnic Relations
Chapter 7.Urban SocializlÃ#