Robert Chenciner

Daghestan

Tradition and Survival

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Daghestan is home to more than 30 distinct peoples. Each has their own language yet they share a surprisingly homogeneous culture that has both withstood and absorbed centuries of external influences. A fascinating account of change and adaptation in the villages of this area.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780415406086
• ISBN-10: 0415406080
• Artikelnr.: 69892238

Autorenporträt

Robert Chenciner

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Map of villages. Introduction: survival and tradition 2. Kung-fu
in the evenings: the strongman cult 3. Inventing the wheelbarrow: women and
sex in the mountains 4. A way to be born 5. ... and a way to die 6. King
Khosrows' dumplings: food & feasts 7. Familiar surroundings 8. ... and
cosmic-domestic textiles 9. Capes, masks & costumes 10. Fighting dogs and
magic beasts 11. The society of godless zealots 12. The secret garden of
Botlikh 13. New nationalism for old nations 14. Afterword: Daghestan avoids
violence & the Russian-Chechen War