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'Middle-Class, Limited-Edition'? Middle Class Subjectivities in Urban Azerbaijan
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Abstract This article discusses the preliminary findings of an ongoing research project on the characteristics and dynamics of Azerbaijan's urban middle class. The aim of this article is to examine what 'middle class' means in the country currently when new westernized consumption practices and lifestyle asp... mehr
This article discusses the preliminary findings of an ongoing research project on the characteristics and dynamics of Azerbaijan's urban middle class. The aim of this article is to examine what 'middle class' means in the country currently when new westernized consumption practices and lifestyle aspirations meet traditional local values. Additionally, what is the social role that the new middle class plays in the country's development? Based on ethnographic data collected throughout 2016 in Baku, this contribution argues that the middle class identity is more than an interplay between the accumulation of material goods, education and occupation; middle-class belonging is also defined by linguistic identity and assumed modernity.... weniger
Klassifikation
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Freie Schlagwörter
Azerbaijan; Middle Class; Urbanization
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 11-14
Zeitschriftentitel
Caucasus Analytical Digest (2017) 95
ISSN
1867-9323
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0