Speaking Soviet with an Accent: Culture and Power in Kyrgyzstan

by Ali F. Igmen

Speaking Soviet with an Accent presents the first English-language study of Soviet culture clubs in Kyrgyzstan. These clubs profoundly influenced the future of Kyrgyz cultural identity and fostered the work of many artists, such as famed novelist Chingiz Aitmatov. Based on extensive oral history and archival research, Ali Igmen follows the rise of culture clubs beginning in the 1920s, when they were established to inculcate Soviet ideology and create...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822962063
• ISBN13: 9780822962069
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"