The Force of Custom : Law and the Ordering of Everyday Life in Kyrgyzstan /

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"The Force of Custom presents a finely textured ethnographic study that sheds new light on the legal and moral ordering of everyday life in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. Through her extensive fieldwork and firsthand experience, Judith Beyer reveals how Kyrgyz in Talas province negotiate proper behav...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Beyer, Judith (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
National characteristics, Kyrgyz.
Manners and customs.
Ethnology.
Kyrgyz.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia.
Kirghiz > Identite ethnique > Histoire.
Kirghiz.
Kyrgyz > Ethnic identity > History.
Ethnology > Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan > Social life and customs.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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