Central Asia in Art: From Soviet Orientalism to the New Republics

Author: Aliya Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen Category: Central Asia, Culture, History, Identity, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Publisher: IB Tauris Publication Date: 2016 Language: English

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Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen re-evaluates the imperial project of the Soviet state, placing the Orientalist undercurrent found within art and propaganda production in the USSR alongside the creation of new art forms in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

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