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Tashkent's handling of anti-government protests and violence in the city of Andijon on 13 May 2005 has generated enormous controversy and had significant political repercussions. However, there has been no detailed analysis of rival interpretations of what happened. This paper begins to redress this lacuna by analysing a book on the subject authored by the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov. Using framing theory, it identifies four key themes deployed in the narrative to delegitimize the government's opponents: terrorism and criminality; inauthentic Uzbekness and deviant masculinity/religiosity; constitutional illegitimacy; and the subversion of the scientific laws of states. Significantly for an understanding of regime legitimization and nationalism in Uzbekistan, no recourse is made to the government's intellectual framework known as the 'ideology of national independence'. The paper points to the need for further research to enable scholars to develop a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the contemporary politicization of national belonging in independent Uzbekistan.
Author(s): Megoran N
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Central Asian Survey
Year: 2008
Volume: 27
Issue: 1
Pages: 15-31
Print publication date: 01/03/2008
ISSN (print): 0263-4937
ISSN (electronic): 1465-3354
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02634930802213965
DOI: 10.1080/02634930802213965
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