The force of custom : law and the ordering of everyday life in Kyrgyzstan /

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"Judith Beyer presents a finely textured ethnographic study that sheds new light on the legal and moral ordering of everyday life in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. Beyer shows how local Kyrgyz negotiate proper behavior and regulate disputes by invoking custom, known to the locals as salt. While salt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beyer, Judith (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016.
Colección:Central Eurasia in context
Temas:
National characteristics, Kyrgyz.
Ethnology > Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyz > Ethnic identity > History.
Kyrgyz.
Kirghiz.
Kirghiz > Identité ethnique > Histoire.
HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Kyrgyz
Ethnology
Manners and customs
National characteristics, Kyrgyz
Kyrgyzstan > Social life and customs.
Kyrgyzstan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; Notes on Naming, Addressing, and Fieldwork; Introduction. Invoking Custom; Chapter 1. Histories of Legal Plurality; Chapter 2. Settling Descent; Chapter 3. Imagining the State; Chapter 4. Performing Authority; Chapter 5. Buying and Paying Respect; Chapter 6. Taking and Giving Carpets; Chapter 7. Taming Custom; Conclusion. Ordering Everyday Life in Kyrgyzstan; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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