Daghestan

Tradition and Survival

Robert Chenciner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

324 Seiten

2006
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-40608-6 (ISBN)

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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.

Robert Chenciner

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.5.2006
Reihe/Serie	Caucasus World
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-415-40608-0 / 0415406080
ISBN-13	978-0-415-40608-6 / 9780415406086
Zustand	Neuware