Boundaries of ethnic identity in central Asia: Titular and Russian perceptions of ethnic commonalities in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 620-642

  Faranda, Regina ^a   Nolle, David B ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Ethnic boundaries; Ethnic commonality; Ethnic hierarchy; Ethnic identity; Intergroup differentiation

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACIAL IDENTITY;

CENTRAL ASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN;

EID: 79952713181     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2010.516004     Document Type: Article

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