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The Dynamics of Relationships within Ethnically Mixed Families after the Conflict in Osh, Fergana Valley

Type of publication: Research Article

About author(s)

Aksana Ismailbekova | aksana_ismailbekova@yahoo.co.uk | Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) (Berlin), member of the Crossroads Asia project 2011–14

Keywords

ethnic policy, conflict, fergana valley, interethnic marriages

Abstract

The author discusses the situation in Osh, Fergana valley, through the prism of dynamics of relationships within ethnically mixed families, focusing on the support and control that are generated by kin and family relation connections, as well as on the ways in which the latter preserve or alter their shape as a result of the conflict situation. She analyzes the ties that impede the confl ict escalation and that lead to making potential (ethnic) enemies related to each other. She argues that even though patrilineal relationships are not part of the political system, still the question of nationality makes interethnic marriages risky.

Citation

Ismailbekova, A. 2012. The Dynamics of Relationships within Ethnically Mixed Families after the Conflict in Osh, Fergana Valley. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 6: 84-98

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