Bishkek boys. Neighbourhood youth and urban change in Kyrgyzstan’s capital

Author
Philipp Schröder

Publisher
New York, NY; Oxford: Berghahn

Year of publication
2017

ISBN
978-1-78533-726-0

OPAC

Abstract
In this pioneering ethnographic study of identity and integration, author Philipp Schröder explores urban change in Kyrgyzstan’s 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 Boys offers 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.