Russell Zanca
Biographic Data
| ID | 154998 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russell Zanca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russell |
| FAMILY NAME | Zanca |
| SIGNATURE | ZANCA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Writing about peoples
Recalling knowledge and instruction about Central Asia toward the end of the Cold War (1945–91) in the United States, this article provides a retrospective on an anthropologist’s coming of age and ability amidst prevailing interests and convictions concerning the region. It continues to discuss some of the early topics and studies that initiated a grounded approach to understanding Central Asia ethnographically as it broadens the analysis via a c…
Uzbekistan Emerges from Karimov's Shadow
[L]abor migration brought the country to a point of no return: millions of the poorest Uzbeks could no longer be cut off from the rest of the world
Nationalism in Central Asia
Bicycling a handful of times between Ferghana Valley villages in the summer of 1994, I accompanied my neighbour from Uzbekistan to Kyrgyzstan. As I interviewed him about differences between his Sov
Recollections of collectivization in Uzbekistan
Collectivization of agriculture in Uzbekistan demanded the efforts of many local agitators who called on Uzbek dehqons to join kolkhozes, and who stimulated a local version of class warfare. In oral history interviews with those who experienced mass collectivization’s first moments, we find both the brutality of change imposed from above and a social transformation led by local Uzbek activists. We argue that Uzbek agitators allowed many dehqons t…
Variations on Uzbek Identity
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, and Damn the Dictatorship
Studies of well-being focus on physical attributes of the subject or subjects, and many focus on physical health. This article scrutinizes well-being from the standpoint of emotional contentedness. Rather than making claims about overall contentedness, my interest is in instantiating contentedness in ordinary situations based on 20 years of fieldwork. I suggest that we sometimes miss out on contentedness because we focus too much on a trying poli…
Author-critic forum
Review: M. Nazif ShahraniIf one wants to write an anthropology of Islam, one should begin, as Muslims do, from the concept of discursive tradition that includes and relates itself to the founding texts of the Qur'an and the Hadith. (Asad 1986 Asad, Talal. 1986. The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Occasional Papers. [Google Scholar], 14)The meta-question addressed here is: What does it…
Believing in God at Your Own Risk
Toshkentning markaziy maydoni hisoblangan Mustaqillik maydonida 0 'nlab kishilar va bir nechta militsiya xodimining ko 'z 0 'ngida bir kishi ayolni o'ldirib, beymalol maydondan chiqib ketdi va g'oyib bo'ldi. Halq shovqin-suron ko'tarib, militsiya xodimlarini so 'ka boshladi. Keyinroq Ichki Ishlar Vazirli giga qo 'ng'iroq qilishdi. Voqea sodir bo 'lgan joyga darhol general yetib keldi va militsiya xodimlariga tashlandi: Bekorchilar, nega qotilni …
Dilemmas of Representation
Explaining’ Islam in Central Asia
The debate about religion in Central Asia, and specifically Uzbekistan, revolves either around the need to combat extremism as terrorism or the necessity for the state to stop oppressing ordinary believers in fear of a religious takeover of the society. This paper shall demonstrate that neither of these hypothetical axes is necessarily bad or wrong, but they leave out crucial factors explaining the rise in religious behavior and practice in Uzbek…
Believing in God at Your Own Risk
Toshkentning markaziy maydoni hisoblangan Mustaqillik maydonida 0 'nlab kishilar va bir nechta militsiya xodimining ko 'z 0 'ngida bir kishi ayolni o'ldirib, beymalol maydondan chiqib ketdi va g'oyib bo'ldi. Halq shovqin-suron ko'tarib, militsiya xodimlarini so 'ka boshladi. Keyinroq Ichki Ishlar Vazirli giga qo 'ng'iroq qilishdi. Voqea sodir bo 'lgan joyga darhol general yetib keldi va militsiya xodimlariga tashlandi: Bekorchilar, nega qotilni …
Recollections of collectivization in Uzbekistan
Collectivization of agriculture in Uzbekistan demanded the efforts of many local agitators who called on Uzbek dehqons to join kolkhozes, and who stimulated a local version of class warfare. In oral history interviews with those who experienced mass collectivization’s first moments, we find both the brutality of change imposed from above and a social transformation led by local Uzbek activists. We argue that Uzbek agitators allowed many dehqons t…
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, and Damn the Dictatorship
Studies of well-being focus on physical attributes of the subject or subjects, and many focus on physical health. This article scrutinizes well-being from the standpoint of emotional contentedness. Rather than making claims about overall contentedness, my interest is in instantiating contentedness in ordinary situations based on 20 years of fieldwork. I suggest that we sometimes miss out on contentedness because we focus too much on a trying poli…
Explaining’ Islam in Central Asia
The debate about religion in Central Asia, and specifically Uzbekistan, revolves either around the need to combat extremism as terrorism or the necessity for the state to stop oppressing ordinary believers in fear of a religious takeover of the society. This paper shall demonstrate that neither of these hypothetical axes is necessarily bad or wrong, but they leave out crucial factors explaining the rise in religious behavior and practice in Uzbek…
Writing about peoples
Recalling knowledge and instruction about Central Asia toward the end of the Cold War (1945–91) in the United States, this article provides a retrospective on an anthropologist’s coming of age and ability amidst prevailing interests and convictions concerning the region. It continues to discuss some of the early topics and studies that initiated a grounded approach to understanding Central Asia ethnographically as it broadens the analysis via a c…
Explaining’ Islam in Central Asia
The debate about religion in Central Asia, and specifically Uzbekistan, revolves either around the need to combat extremism as terrorism or the necessity for the state to stop oppressing ordinary believers in fear of a religious takeover of the society. This paper shall demonstrate that neither of these hypothetical axes is necessarily bad or wrong, but they leave out crucial factors explaining the rise in religious behavior and practice in Uzbek…
Believing in God at Your Own Risk
Toshkentning markaziy maydoni hisoblangan Mustaqillik maydonida 0 'nlab kishilar va bir nechta militsiya xodimining ko 'z 0 'ngida bir kishi ayolni o'ldirib, beymalol maydondan chiqib ketdi va g'oyib bo'ldi. Halq shovqin-suron ko'tarib, militsiya xodimlarini so 'ka boshladi. Keyinroq Ichki Ishlar Vazirli giga qo 'ng'iroq qilishdi. Voqea sodir bo 'lgan joyga darhol general yetib keldi va militsiya xodimlariga tashlandi: Bekorchilar, nega qotilni …
Dilemmas of Representation
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, and Damn the Dictatorship
Studies of well-being focus on physical attributes of the subject or subjects, and many focus on physical health. This article scrutinizes well-being from the standpoint of emotional contentedness. Rather than making claims about overall contentedness, my interest is in instantiating contentedness in ordinary situations based on 20 years of fieldwork. I suggest that we sometimes miss out on contentedness because we focus too much on a trying poli…
Author-critic forum
Review: M. Nazif ShahraniIf one wants to write an anthropology of Islam, one should begin, as Muslims do, from the concept of discursive tradition that includes and relates itself to the founding texts of the Qur'an and the Hadith. (Asad 1986 Asad, Talal. 1986. The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Occasional Papers. [Google Scholar], 14)The meta-question addressed here is: What does it…
Variations on Uzbek Identity
Recollections of collectivization in Uzbekistan
Collectivization of agriculture in Uzbekistan demanded the efforts of many local agitators who called on Uzbek dehqons to join kolkhozes, and who stimulated a local version of class warfare. In oral history interviews with those who experienced mass collectivization’s first moments, we find both the brutality of change imposed from above and a social transformation led by local Uzbek activists. We argue that Uzbek agitators allowed many dehqons t…
Uzbekistan Emerges from Karimov's Shadow
[L]abor migration brought the country to a point of no return: millions of the poorest Uzbeks could no longer be cut off from the rest of the world
Nationalism in Central Asia
Bicycling a handful of times between Ferghana Valley villages in the summer of 1994, I accompanied my neighbour from Uzbekistan to Kyrgyzstan. As I interviewed him about differences between his Sov
Writing about peoples
Recalling knowledge and instruction about Central Asia toward the end of the Cold War (1945–91) in the United States, this article provides a retrospective on an anthropologist’s coming of age and ability amidst prevailing interests and convictions concerning the region. It continues to discuss some of the early topics and studies that initiated a grounded approach to understanding Central Asia ethnographically as it broadens the analysis via a c…
Political science (9 works) · Soviet and Russian History (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Uzbek (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works)