Bishkek Boys

<p> In this pioneering ethnographic study of identity and integration author Philipp Schröder explores urban change in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek from the vantage point of the male youth living in one neighbourhood. Touching on topics including authority violence social and imaginary geographies interethnic relations friendship and competing notions of belonging to the city <em>Bishkek Boys</em> offers unique insights into how post-Socialist economic liberalization rural-urban migration and ethnic nationalism have reshaped social relations among young males who come of age in this Central Asian urban environment.</p>