Was geschieht in eurasischen Städten seit dem Ende der Sowjetunion? Wie werden periphere urbane Räume neu konstruiert, angeordnet und reflektiert in Stimmen der Subkulturen und im Alltag der postsozialistischen Stadt? Bei politischen Ungewissheiten und begleitet von Phänomenen der Globalisierung entsteht hier ein Labor spezifischer urbaner Kulturen. Der Umgang mit urbanen Räumen und Symbolen muss neu verhandelt, die Aneignung öffentlicher Plätze von neuen Akteuren erprobt werden. Der Band bietet ethnografische Einblicke in Städte wie Eriwan, Tiflis, Taschkent oder Osh, die diesen Umbruch erleben.

ContentsAcknowledgements................................................................................7Sights and Signs of Postsocialist Urbanism in Eurasia:An Introduction ....................................................................................9Tsypylma Darieva and Wolfgang KaschubaPart I: Contours and PlacesGrandeur and Decay of the "Soviet Byzantium":Spaces, Peoples and Memories of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.......................33Artyom KosmarskiThe Second City as the First City:The Development of Gyumri from an Anthropological Perspective .....57Gayane ShagoyanTbilisi in City-Maps:Symbolic Construction of an Urban Landscape...................................81Madlen PilzMaiden Tower Goes International?Representing Baku in a Global World ...............................................107Melanie KrebsYerevan Sacra: Old and New Sacred Centers in the Urban Space .......131Levon AbrahamianA "Remarkable Gift" in a Postcolonial City:The Past and Present of the Baku Promenade ...................................153Tsypylma DarievaPart II: Places and VoicesEvery City Has the Flea Market it Deserves:The Phenomenon of Urban Flea Markets in St. Petersburg ................181Oleg PachenkovWhy are the Dolls Laughing?Tbilisi between Intelligentsia Culture and Socialist Labor .................207Zaza Shatirishvili and Paul ManningBetween the Center of Jazz and the Capital of MuslimCulture: Insights into Baku's Public and Everyday Life......................227Sergey Rumyansev and Sevil HuseynovaGay Culture and Public Places in Tbilisi ...........................................247Shorena GabuniaThee Exoticism and Eroticism of the City:The "kinto" and his City ...................................................................261Paul Manning and Zaza Shatirishvili"Nested Globalization" in Osh, Kyrgyzstan:Urban Youth Culture in a "Southern" City........................................283Stefan B. KirmseAfterword for Urban (post)Socialisms................................................307Alaina LemonNotes on Contributors ......................................................................315Index of Names and Places ................................................................321