Socialist and post-Socialist Mongolia : : nation, identity, and culture / / edited by Simon Wickhamsmith and Phillip P. Marzluf.

• Superior document: Central Asian studies series ; 39
• TeilnehmendeR: Wickham-Smith, Simon,; Marzluf, Phillip P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York, NY : : Routledge,, 2021.; © 2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Central Asian studies series ; 39.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (283 pages).
• ISBN: 1000337154; 1000337278; 0367350599
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Simon Wickhamsmith and Phillip P. Marzluf.

"This book re-examines the origins of modern Mongolian nationalism, discussing nation building as sponsored by the socialist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and the Soviet Union, emphasizing in particular the role of the arts and the humanities. It considers the politics and society of the early revolutionary period and assesses the ways in which ideas about nationhood were constructed in a response to Soviet socialism. It goes on to analyze the consequences of socialist cultural and social transformations on pastoral, Kazakh, and other identities and outlines the implications of socialist nation-building on post-socialist Mongolian national identity. Overall, Socialist and Post-Socialist Mongolia highlights how Mongolia's population of widely scattered semi-nomadic pastoralists posed challenges for socialist administrators attempting to create a homogenous mass nation of individual citizens who share a set of cultural beliefs, historical memories, collective symbols, and civic ideas; additionally, the book addresses the changes brought more recently by democratic governance"--