The Genealogical Construction of the Kyrgyz Republic
Kinship, State and 'Tribalism'
Readership
Professional and scholarly
Reviews
"... Gullette's theoretical insights are sound and well designed. He carefully explores how genealogies are used to connect personal lives to the idea of the Kyrgyz state. His focus on the role of shame in social obligations of mutual assistance, and the following parallel with the use of shame in constructing national unity, is especially enlightening..."
Nienke van der Heide Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale, Volume 20: Issue 2 (May 2012)
Nienke van der Heide Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale, Volume 20: Issue 2 (May 2012)
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This is the first in-depth examination of Japanese-Mongolian relations from the 19th to the mid-20th century. The study repositions Mongolia in Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese relations.
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This anthropological monograph contains the results of recent fieldwork conducted among the Evenki people in East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is an ethnography of a Siberian people that will be welcomed by professional social anthropologists as well as by specialists in Russian and Siberian ...
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This pioneering ethnographic analysis provides a far-reaching critique of ‘ethnic’ China’s changing cultural topography. The study offers a timely reexamination of the complex and subtle processes of identification and belonging in a ‘Tibetan’ autonomous area. This work highlights how policies ...
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This book offers an in-depth insight into post-socialist rural shamans in Mongolia thereby making a rare but important contribution to the ethnography of both Inner Asia and Southern Siberia. It examines the social making of shamans, in particular those of the Shishget depression of the ...
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As well as being a valuable and insightful study into the history, development and tenets of Islam, with particular reference to life in Uzbekistan, this study, which draws on a wide personal network and extensive field research, is also in part a personal quest in support of women’s position ...
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How do prophets and prophecies influence decision-making processes, concepts of authority and ideas about causality and time? How can we talk about prophets and prophecy in the Mongolian cultural region when prophetic forms and people seem so varied? This book focuses on roles and distributed ...
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This volume offers a unique insight into the relationship between language and culture of political power in modern China, at a time of crisis and violence – the Chinese Cultural Revolution from 1967 to 1969.
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