Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley : A 19th-Century Ethnography from Central Asia /
Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley is the first English translation of an important 19th-century Russian text describing everyday life in Uzbek communities. Vladimir and Maria Nalivkin were Russians who settled in a "Sart" village in 1878, in a territory newly conquered by the Russian Empi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Ruso |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Editor's introduction / Marianne Kamp
- Authors' preface : a sketch of the everyday life of women of the sedentary native population of the Fergana Valley / Vladimir Nalivkin and Maria Nalivkina
- 1. A short sketch of the Fergana Valley
- 2. Religion and clergy
- 3. Houses and utensils
- 4. Woman's appearance and her clothing
- 5. Occupations and food
- 6. The woman, her character, habits, knowledge, and behavior toward the people around her
- 7. Pregnancy and childbirth : a girl
- 8. The maiden : marriage proposal and marriage
- 9. Polygyny, divorce, widowhood, and death of a woman
- 10. Prostitution.