Defending the Border

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ISBN: 9780801473302 | 0801473306
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/21/2006

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This book, one of the first in English about everyday life in the Republic of Georgia, describes how people construct identity in a rapidly changing border region. Based on extensive ethnographic research, it illuminates the myriad ways residents of the C

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Preface	p. ix
A Note on Transliteration and Translation	p. xiii
Terms and Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction: Temporal Divides and Muddled Space along the Former Iron Curtain	p. 1
A Divided Village on the Georgian-Turkish Border	p. 17
Introduction: Divided Village	p. 19
Caught between States	p. 22
Mobilizing Cultural Stuff with Boundaries	p. 44
Lost Relatives	p. 71
Frontiers of Islam and Christianity in Upper Ajaria	p. 89
Introduction: Christian Incursions	p. 91
The Making and Transformation of the Frontier	p. 95
Defending Muslim Identities	p. 121
Ancestors and Enemies in Conversion to Christianity	p. 142
Postsocialist Borderlands	p. 169
Introduction: Treacherous Markets	p. 171
Channeling Discontent	p. 174
The Social Life of Empty Buildings	p. 195
Conclusion: Borders in Time and Space	p. 215
Bibliography	p. 225
Index	p. 235
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