Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley : A 19th-Century Ethnography from Central Asia /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Nalivkin, V. P. (Vladimir Petrovich), 1852-1918 (Author), Kamp, Marianne (Author), Nalivkina, Mariia͡ Vladimirovna (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Ruso
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Fergana Valley.
Sarts (Asian people) > Fergana Valley > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Muslim women > Fergana Valley > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Fergana Valley > Description and travel.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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