Perspectives on Multiculturalism: Pre-Soviet, Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia, Manak Publications Pvt. Ltd., 9789378313288

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Perspectives on Multiculturalism: Pre-Soviet, Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia

Rashmi Doraiswamy (Editor)

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The XX century saw the emergence of two theories, multinationalism and multiculturalism, to deal with issues of linguistic, ethnic, racial, religious diversities vis-a-vis nationhood and statehood. This hybrid volume brings together essays on multicultural theory and examines multiculturalism and multinationalism in relation to the Central Asian region in pre-Soviet, Soviet and post-Soviet times.

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About the author

Rashmi Doraiswamy

Dr. Rashmi Doraiswamy studied Russian Language and literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her doctoral dissertation was on Mikhail Bakhtin, the Russian philosopher of culture. She is currently Associate Professor at the Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia and is working on Central Asia. Her writings on litetature and cinema have appeared in prestigious publications in India and abroad. Her entry on â€˜Literarture and Film (India)â€™ has appeared in the â€˜Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Literaturesâ€™ (Routledge, 2005). She was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Tadjik Filmmakersâ€™ Union in 1991 for the promotion of Tadjik Cinema. She also won the National Award for the Best Writing on Cinema in 1995. She is co-editor of the book â€˜Being and Becoming: The Cinemas of Asiaâ€™ (Macmillan,2002).

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