Robert Chenciner

Daghestan (eBook, ePUB)

Tradition and Survival

• Format: ePub

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: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136107221
• Artikelnr.: 38457669

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