BATYRS IN THE NATION-BUILDING IN KAZAKHSTAN

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dc.contributor.authorRakhymzhanov, Arlan
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-21T06:44:52Z
dc.date.available2022-06-21T06:44:52Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn this research, I analyze the role of batyr images in the nation-building process in contemporary Kazakhstan. In particular, I focus on the batyrs as ideological personages who previously were considered historical figures and literary heroes. I demonstrate how the government instrumentalized the batyr images, which position batyrs as defenders of the Kazakh state and Kazakh people through the idea of uninterrupted continuity of Kazakh sovereignty. After a thorough analysis of different approaches to nation-building in Kazakhstan, I argue that batyr commemoration is a part of a recent trend in the Kazakh ethnonational way of nation-building. Similarly, I show the development of the batyr cult in pre-modern times. After considering the nineteenth-century ethnographic sources, folklore works, and the Soviet period of batyr commemoration, I show how the batyr cult changed over time. Additionally, I consider three main levels involved in the nation-building and batyr reimagination process in Kazakhstan: national, local, and grassroots levels, and analyze the role of every layer in this process.en_US
dc.identifier.citationArlan Rakhymzhanov (2022). Batyrs in the nation-building in Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev University, Nur-sultan, Kazakhstanen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/6289
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanitiesen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectType of access: Restricteden_US
dc.subjectbatyr imagesen_US
dc.subjectKazakhstanen_US
dc.subjectnation-building processen_US
dc.titleBATYRS IN THE NATION-BUILDING IN KAZAKHSTANen_US
dc.typeMaster's thesisen_US
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