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9780312226947

Contemporary Kazaks : Cultural and Social Perspectives

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312226947

  • ISBN10:

    0312226942

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-11-01
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

The articles in this book examine the lives of rural and urban Kazaks. Svanberg (East European studies, Uppsala U., Sweden) and several counterparts in anthropology, ethnography, and history discuss the various ways the Kazak way of life has changed since independence. Essays include a review of contemporary Kazakstan and the Kazak people, a discussion of the role of feasts and gift exchange among rural Kazaks, and an analysis of an ethnic enclave of Kazaks in Western Mongolia that has maintained a more traditional way of life than their counterparts in Kazakstan.

Author Biography

Ingvar Svanberg teaches in the Department of East European Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

A note on romanisation vi(1)
Preface vii
1 The Kazak nation
1(16)
Ingvar Svanberg
2 The new Kazak elite
17(30)
Karen Odgaard
Jens Simonsen
3 The dynamics of feasting and gift exchange in rural Kazakstan
47(26)
Cynthia Ann Werner
4 Nawriz in Kazakstan: scenarios for managing diversity
73(30)
Hilda C. Eitzen
5 The Kazaks of western Mongolia
103(38)
Peter Finke
Bibliography 141(8)
Index 149
An illustration section is inserted between pages 52 and 53

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