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146 movies, fashion and painting, not to mention art departments and colleges within the other 48 schools. Almaty’s art scene exhibits diversity, reflecting both Kazakh traditions and culture as well as the influence of the world art, Russian in particular. The latter’s impact which will be discussed below in more detail is still fairly significant, even years after independence, the giants of the Russian cultural heritage are heralded in Kazakhstan. For example, in 1999, the president Nazarbayev personally attended an ostentatious unveiling of a new Pushkin statue in Almaty – first and only one dedicated to a non-Kazakh figure in the city since independence (Rakhmetova, 1999) Of course, art is encouraged elsewhere in the republic as well – but anyone who is able to earn himself or herself a name and become famous, sooner or later goes to Almaty to move forward career-wise. Only in this city, especially after the republic gained sovereignty, the artists have a great opportunity to become famous not only domestically but internationally, too. In the last couple of years, however, it seems to change, as more and more artists, especially music performers are lured to Astana to support the government efforts to popularize the Kazakh traditional music and signing.194 In modern world, visual media, movies and TV shows have a significant impact on the development of culture and identity. In this respect, Almaty has a superior advantage in the form of Kazakhfilm – the largest film studio in the republic, where most, if not all, domestic movies and TV shows are made. In the first few years of 194 Author’s personal observation
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Title | Market reforms, foreign direct investment and national identity: Non-national identity of Kazakhstan |
Author | Zhanalin, Azamat |
Author email | janalin_a@yahoo.com; zhanalin@gmail.com |
Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
Document type | Dissertation |
Degree program | International Relations |
School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
Date defended/completed | 2011-03-22 |
Date submitted | 2011 |
Restricted until | Unrestricted |
Date published | 2011-04-29 |
Advisor (committee chair) | English, Robert |
Advisor (committee member) |
James, Patrick Rorlich, Azade-Ayse |
Abstract | The present study offers an analysis of the concept of non-national identity in application to the Republic of Kazakhstan as the most likely case. The primary hypothesis is that newly independent states, which are undergoing a rapid transition to market economy and actively pursue integration in the world economy and foreign direct investment, will experience fragmentation of their national identity, defined as non-national identity.; Three sites in Kazakhstan, Almaty, Astana and Aktau, were chosen for the study as representative of the market reforms in the republic as well as the best examples of the country’s pursuit of foreign direct investment and integration into the global economy. The data collected indicates that while Kazakhstan does demonstrate fragmentation of its national identity, it is not necessarily caused by the market reforms and the participation in the global trade. Alternative causal variables such as the Soviet and Russian colonial legacy, intra-ethnic cleavages among the Kazakhs and the prevalence of multi-vector foreign policy were found to contribute to the development of non-national identity of Kazakhstan. The study’s results also suggest that in the last few years, Kazakh identity is experiencing a rather strong revival as well, which may yet counteract the existing factors leading to the emergence of the non-national identity of Kazakhstan. |
Keyword | identity; nationalism; Kazakhstan; market reforms; globalization; foreign direct investment; national identity; countries in transition; foreign policy; culture; former Soviet Union; Central Asia; patronage networks; energy; oil; post-colonial legacy; nation-state |
Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Almaty; Astana; Aktau |
Geographic subject (country) | Kazakhstan |
Coverage date | 1970/2010 |
Language | English |
Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
Type | texts |
Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3812 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Rights | Zhanalin, Azamat |
Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Filename | etd-Zhanalin-4506 |
Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Zhanalin-4506.pdf |
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Title | Page 152 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Full text | 146 movies, fashion and painting, not to mention art departments and colleges within the other 48 schools. Almaty’s art scene exhibits diversity, reflecting both Kazakh traditions and culture as well as the influence of the world art, Russian in particular. The latter’s impact which will be discussed below in more detail is still fairly significant, even years after independence, the giants of the Russian cultural heritage are heralded in Kazakhstan. For example, in 1999, the president Nazarbayev personally attended an ostentatious unveiling of a new Pushkin statue in Almaty – first and only one dedicated to a non-Kazakh figure in the city since independence (Rakhmetova, 1999) Of course, art is encouraged elsewhere in the republic as well – but anyone who is able to earn himself or herself a name and become famous, sooner or later goes to Almaty to move forward career-wise. Only in this city, especially after the republic gained sovereignty, the artists have a great opportunity to become famous not only domestically but internationally, too. In the last couple of years, however, it seems to change, as more and more artists, especially music performers are lured to Astana to support the government efforts to popularize the Kazakh traditional music and signing.194 In modern world, visual media, movies and TV shows have a significant impact on the development of culture and identity. In this respect, Almaty has a superior advantage in the form of Kazakhfilm – the largest film studio in the republic, where most, if not all, domestic movies and TV shows are made. In the first few years of 194 Author’s personal observation |