Defending the border : identity, religion, and modernity in the Republic of Georgia /

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"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. Based on extensive ethnographic research, it illuminates the myriad ways residents of the Caucasus have rethought who they are sin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pelkmans, Mathijs, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Series:Culture and society after socialism.
Subjects:
Post-communism > Georgia (Republic) > Ajaria.
Post-communism.
Postcommunisme.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Boundaries.
Ethnic relations.
Religion.
Ethnologie
Ethnische Identität
Identiteit.
Godsdienst.
Sociale verandering.
Politieke verandering.
Ajaria (Georgia) > Ethnic relations.
Ajaria (Georgia) > Religion.
Ajaria (Georgia) > Boundaries > Turkey > History.
Turkey > Boundaries > Georgia (Republic) > Ajaria > History.
Adjarie (République de Géorgie) > Relations interethniques.
Adjarie (République de Géorgie) > Religion.
Adjarie (République de Géorgie) > Frontières > Turquie > Histoire.
Turquie > Frontières > République de Géorgie > Ajarie > Histoire.
Georgia (Republic) > Ajaria.
Turkey.
Adscharien
Adzjarië.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. A divided viillage on the Georgian-Turkis border
  • pt. 2. Frontiers of Islam and Christianity in Upper Ajaria
  • pt. 3. Postsocialist borderlands.

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