Louw, Maria Elisabeth. Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia. Central Asian Studies Series, Vol. 7. New York: Routledge, 2007.
Louw provides an excellent introduction to Sufism, veneration of saints, shrine visits (like the Naqshbandi shrine), and popular Islamic rituals (like bibi Seshanba) in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
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Chuvin, Pierre and Gérard Degeorge. Samarkand, Bukara, Khiva. Paris: Flammarion, 2001.
This is an amazing coffee table book (photos & text) of Islamic architecture in Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva.
Sections: Foreward; Samarkand and Shahr-e Sabz; Bukhara; The Khwarazm and its Capitals: Old Urgench and Khiva; Appendices. Descriptors: 2000s, architecture, Bukhara, C, coffee table, D, Khiva, photography, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
This is an amazing coffee table book (photos & text) of Islamic architecture in Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva.
Sections: Foreward; Samarkand and Shahr-e Sabz; Bukhara; The Khwarazm and its Capitals: Old Urgench and Khiva; Appendices. Descriptors: 2000s, architecture, Bukhara, C, coffee table, D, Khiva, photography, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
"Architecture." In Central Asian Art, 25-59. London: Greenwich Edition, 2003.
In addition to many architectural photos, this chapter in this nice coffee table book has easy to read text describing Islamic architecture in Central Asia. As with most works on architecture in the region, Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva in Uzbekistan are most represented.
Sections: Triumph of Islam; The Art of Decoration; Predominance of Religious Art; The Golden Age of the Builders; Tradition and Modernity. Descriptors: 2000s, A, architecture, Bukhara, chapter, coffee table, Khiva, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
In addition to many architectural photos, this chapter in this nice coffee table book has easy to read text describing Islamic architecture in Central Asia. As with most works on architecture in the region, Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva in Uzbekistan are most represented.
Sections: Triumph of Islam; The Art of Decoration; Predominance of Religious Art; The Golden Age of the Builders; Tradition and Modernity. Descriptors: 2000s, A, architecture, Bukhara, chapter, coffee table, Khiva, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
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