Elza-Bair Mataskovna Gouchinova

The Kalmyks

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This highly practical guide from this leading Kalmyk expert provides comprehensive coverage of the Kalmyk people, focusing on many facets of the Kalmyk culture, including language use, the traditional nomadic economy and dwellings, Kalmyk family and gender relationships, rites of passage, food and clothing, folk crafts, and Kalmyk religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 160mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780700706570
• ISBN-10: 0700706577
• Artikelnr.: 22262026

Autorenporträt

Elza-Bair Gouchinova is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. David C. Lewis is a Research Associate of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Pages of History: From Medieval Oirats to Contemporary Kalmyks 2.
Deportation as a Collective Trauma: 13 years, 13 days 3. Diaspora and
Identity 4. Language and Ethnolinguistic Situation 5. Household Economy and
Dwellings 6. Family and Gender Stereotypes 7. Life Cycle Rituals 8. Food,
Dress and Ornament 9. Folk Crafts and Decorative Arts 10. Religion,
Calendar and Festivals 11. Folklore and Epic Mythology 12. The Leader of
the Nation and the Idea of Nationhood. Conclusions: Metamorphoses in Kalmyk
Ethnicity in a Period of Transformations