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
Main Author: Pelkmans, Mathijs, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politieke verandering.
Sociale verandering.
Godsdienst.
Identiteit.
Ethnische Identität
Ethnologie
Religion.
Post-communism.
Ethnic relations.
Boundaries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Postcommunisme.
Post-communism > Georgia (Republic) > Ajaria.
Adzjarië.
Adscharien
Turkey.
Georgia (Republic) > Ajaria.
Turquie > Frontieres > Republique de Georgie > Ajarie > Histoire.
Adjarie (Republique de Georgie) > Frontieres > Turquie > Histoire.
Adjarie (Republique de Georgie) > Religion.
Adjarie (Republique de Georgie) > Relations interethniques.
Turkey > Boundaries > Georgia (Republic) > Ajaria > History.
Ajaria (Georgia) > Boundaries > Turkey > History.
Ajaria (Georgia) > Religion.
Ajaria (Georgia) > Ethnic relations.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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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