- 320 pages
- English
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About this book
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.
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Social SciencesTable of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Map of villages
- 1. 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
- Further Reading and sources
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Census
- Map: Languages of Daghestan
- Index
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