A Mountain Oasis - Susan York

A Mountain Oasis

Daily Life in a Village in the Yasin Valley, Pakistan

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Buch | Hardcover
290 Seiten
2023
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-68481-2 (ISBN)
183,85 inkl. MwSt
A Mountain Oasis is a richly illustrated socio-economic study of village life in Pakistan’s Yasin Valley. Undertaken during one year spent living with a local family, Susan York’s research documents this agro-pastoral society before this area in Gilgit-Baltistan entered a crucial period of transformation.
In A Mountain Oasis, Susan York presents a richly illustrated socio-economic study of village life in Pakistan’s Yasin Valley, undertaken during one year spent living with a local family. It documents this dynamic agro-pastoral society at a time when few researchers were recording developments in these far-flung and difficult to reach mountain oases of the Hindukush. It is a record of a time when development interventions were in their beginnings, and before this area in Gilgit-Baltistan entered a crucial period of transformation. It provides solid comparative reference material for future research on this region, which is continuing to undergo challenging and complex changes.

Susan York is a social anthropologist, researcher and teacher with degrees in social anthropology, humanities and psychology. She has carried out research on mountain communities in Pakistan, Afghan refugees in Pakistan and food emergencies in Sudan.

Foreword


Prologue and Acknowledgements


List of Maps, Figures and Graphs


List of Photographs


List of Tableslii





1 The Valley and the Village Economy


 Background


 A Household-focused Mountain Economy


 Village Housing Layout


 Clans





2 The House and Its Uses


 The Main Room – ha


 A Multi-Purpose Space


 Constructing a House





3 The Seasons: Spring and Summer


 Spring (garú)


 Spring Celebrations (Bo)


 Summer (šiní)





4 The Seasons: Autumn and Winter


 Autumn (datú)


 Winter – (bái)





5 Daily Life in a Large Household


 First Task of the Day – Light the Fire


 Making the Breakfast Bread for gunc̣áṭa čái


 The Rest of the Household Awakens


 After Breakfast


 Mid-morning: Time for Tea – čaṣṭákal čái


 Mid-day: More Bread and Tea – doɣói páqo


 Afternoon Tea: pišín čái


 Evening Bread: šaáma páqo





6 A High Pasture Settlement


 Establishing a High Pasture Settlement


 Leaving for the High Pastures


 Daily Life in a High Pasture Settlement – Makuli

 Makuli High Pasture Settlement Shelters in 1982


 Visitors to the High Pastures


 Clear Air, Clean Water and Plentiful Food





7 Food: Daily and Celebratory


 Bread and Tea – The Daily Diet


 The Evening Meal


 Seasonally Available Foods


 Bread (páqo) – A Staple and Celebratory Food


 Milk (mamú) Products


 Hot and Cold Foods


 Food for Celebrations





8 Making and Decorating: Craft Activities


 Spinning and Weaving


 Knitting


 Basket Making


 Embroidery


 Tailoring


 Shoe Making


 Wood Carving


 Other Craft Activities





9 The Household: Who Lives in the House?


 Forming a Household and Changes in Household Size


 Households and Changes over Time


 Why Did Households Divide?


 Developing Trends





10 Relationships within the Household


 Age


 Children


 Adulthood


 Interpersonal Status





11 Beyond the Household


 Perspectives on Co-operation


 Relationships between Members of the deh


 Grambéšu-level Interactions


 Inter-household and Interpersonal Relationships beyond the Household, deh and grambéšu





Epilogue


Glossary


Bibliography


Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Iran and the Caucasus Monographs ; 2
Verlagsort Leiden
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 739 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 90-04-68481-6 / 9004684816
ISBN-13 978-90-04-68481-2 / 9789004684812
Zustand Neuware
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