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Living Language in Kazakhstan
The Dialogic Emergence of an Ancestral Worldview
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Eva-Marie Dubuisson provides a fascinating anthropological inquiry into the deeply ingrained presence of ancestors within the cultural, political, and spiritual discourse of Kazakhs. In a climate of authoritarianism and economic uncertainty, many people in this region turn to their forebearers for care, guidance, and advice, invoking them on a daily basis. This "living language" creates a powerful link to the past and a stable foundation for the present. Through Dubuisson's participatory, observational, and lived experience among Kazakhs, we witness firsthand the public performances and private rituals that show how memory and identity are sustained through an oral tradition of invoking ancestors. This ancestral dialogue sustains a unifying worldview by mediating questions of faith and morality, providing role models, and offering a mechanism for socio-political critique, change, and meaning-making. Looking beyond studies of Islam or heritage alone, Dubuisson provides fresh insights into understanding the Kazakh worldview that will serve students, researchers, GMOs, and policymakers in the region.
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Note: Page references in italics refer to figures.
Abai Kunanbaioly, 69, 126, 150n18, 154n33
Abai Turanbaiolu, 153n6
Ablai Khan, 102, 152n22
Abramson, David M., 60, 61, 68
Abu-Lughod, Lila: social production and, 3–4
Abylai Khan, 115, 135, 154n34
Academy of Literature and Arts, 107, 108, 109, 113, 153n5
Academy of Sciences, 108, 110
accountability, 4, 21, 89, 107, 100, 132, 134, 136, 139; dialogue of, 144; mutual, 135; poets and, 114; politics of, 22
Adai, 131, 155n42
Adams, Laura: spectacular events and, 155n7
Adams, Margarethe, 68, 150n15
Aibek Akhyn, 155n37, 155n38; akhtaban shubyryndy and, 155n39; criticism by, 131, 132; dat of, 129, 130, 131; youth of, 155n38
Aida, 78, 82; Saltanat and, 79, 81
Aiteke Bi, 19, 141, 142
Aitmatov, Chingis, 148n21, 148n23
Aitpaeva, Gulnara, 149n1
aitys, 20, 21, 49, 108, 112, 115, 116, 117, 128, 134, 143; audiences for, 86–89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98; commodity of, 107; competition, 93, 96, 98, 111, 114, 121, 126, 127; cultural production of, 110; defined, 106; as dialogic, 92; excerpts from, 97; judging, 87–88, 119; national network and, 84–86, 111, 145n1, 151n2; not for sale, 120–24; oral art of, 22, 84; patronizing, 114; performance of, 88, 89–92, 118, 120, 126, 144; property metaphor in, 67, 119; as protective framework, 105; real, 109, 118; repopularization of, 85; as shared talk, 91;...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on the Cover Art
- A Note on Transcription and Transliteration
- A Note on Fieldwork and Method
- Introduction. An Ancestral Worldview
- One. Bata and Blessing
- Two. Guardians of the Ancestors
- Three. Ancestry in Aitys Poetry
- Four. Dialogic Authority
- Conclusion. Participatory Politics
- Notes
- References
- Index
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