Prologue: Unmaking Uzbek identity and language
Part I: Uzbek identity
Making of Uzbek nationality
De jure boundary among Uzbeks; de facto propiska
Part II: Identification and communication
Linguistic means and rhetorical strategies in identification processes
Part III: Identification and belonging
Who is a Negro and who is no? Sub-ethnic groups of Uzbeks: Khorezmians and other in Tashkent
Networking strategies of migrants: Khorezmian community in Tashkent
Part IV: Identification and interdependence
'Ipsiz boglanib qalmaq' or bound without ropes: interdependence in Khorezmian migrant communities in Tashkent
Epilogue: Identity theories revisited: relations of 'I and we' vs 'we and they'