The Sound State of Uzbekistan: Popular Music and Politics in the Karimov Era

Contents

• Entering Estrada
• Prelude: Introducing Estrada
• 1. Administering Estrada: Decrees, Institutions and Policies
• 2. Approaching Estrada: Opposition, Affirmation and Beyond
• 3. Staging Estrada I: Concerts, Reyting and Artisthood
• 4. Staging Estrada II: Competitions and Other Activities "at the State Level"
• 5. Nationalising Estrada: The Concept of Milliy Estrada
• 6. Authorising Estrada: Licences, Certificates and the Status of Milliy Estrada
• 7. Mobilising Estrada: Independence Ideology, Nationalist Realism and the Workings of Milliy Estrada
• Exiting Estrada