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Focusing on childhood in contemporary Kazakhstan, the book explores the intersection of a government-funded puppet theater and a state-run children's home through ethnographic research. It employs theories of familiarization techniques and animation to analyze these environments. Anton Chekhov's short story "Kashtanka" serves as a narrative thread, enriching the exploration of the experiences and emotions of children in these unique settings.
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Throw Your Voice, Meghanne Barker
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- Released
- 2024
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- Title
- Throw Your Voice
- Subtitle
- Suspended Animations in Kazakhstani Childhoods
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Meghanne Barker
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 234
- ISBN13
- 9781501776458
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Maps & Travel, Hobby, Travel
- Description
- Focusing on childhood in contemporary Kazakhstan, the book explores the intersection of a government-funded puppet theater and a state-run children's home through ethnographic research. It employs theories of familiarization techniques and animation to analyze these environments. Anton Chekhov's short story "Kashtanka" serves as a narrative thread, enriching the exploration of the experiences and emotions of children in these unique settings.