Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Setting the scene: A Musical Map of Almaty
Chapter 2: Airing Independence: Performing the Past and the Future on December 16
Chapter 3: Same Time Next Year: Winter and Rhythmicity on Television
Chapter 4: An Archaeology of Nauryz: The Ancient Past in Public Culture
Chapter 5: Traveling Histories: Ethnicity, Mobility, and Religion in Spring Celebrations
Chapter 6: Playing at War: Musical Commemorations of World War II on May 9
Chapter 7: The Precarious Present and the City of the Future: Astana, Islam, and Pilgrimage
Conclusion: Striking the Set
Appendix A: Songs and Poems in Original Languages
Appendix B: Modified ALA-LC Kazakh Transliteration
Glossary of Terms
Notes
References
Index