The Sound State of Uzbekistan: Popular Music and Politics in the Karimov Era

By Kerstin Klenke

Book Overview

The Sound State of Uzbekistan: Popular Music and Politics in the Karimov Era

describes a remarkable era in Uzbekistan's politics, 2001 - 2016, when the Uzbek government promoted estrada to the prominent position of musical state emblem - a genre of popular music and a musical relic of socialism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032241268
• ISBN13: 9781032241265
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"