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Azan on the Moon - Entangling Modernity along Tajikistan's Pamir Highway (Paperback)
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Azan on the Moon - Entangling Modernity along Tajikistan's Pamir Highway (Paperback)
Series: Central Eurasia in Context
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Azan on the Moon is an in-depth anthropological study of people's
lives along the Pamir Highway in eastern Tajikistan. Constructed in
the 1930s in rugged high-altitude terrain, the road fundamentally
altered the material and social fabric of this former Soviet
outpost on the border with Afghanistan and China. The highway
initially brought sentiments of disconnection and hardship,
followed by Soviet modernization and development, and ultimately a
sense of distinction from bordering countries and urban centers
that continues to this day. Based on extensive fieldwork and
through an analysis of construction, mobility, technology, media,
development, Islam, and the state, Till Mostowlansky shows how
ideas of modernity are both challenged and reinforced in
contemporary Tajikistan. In the wake of China's rise in Central
Asia, people along the Pamir Highway strive to reconcile a modern
future with a modern past. Weaving together the road, a population,
and a region, Azan on the Moon presents a rich ethnography of
global connections.
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