Contemporary Kazaks : cultural and social perspectives / edited by Ingvar Svanberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Svanberg, Ingvar, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kazakhs.

Civilization.

Manners and customs.

Kazakhstan--Social life and customs--20th century.

Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan--Civilization--20th century.

Kazakhs--Mongolia.

Mongolia.

Physical Description:

xi, 152 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

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.

Contents:

1 The Kazak nation / Ingvar Svanberg 1

2 The new Kazak elite / Karen Odgaard, Jens Simonsen 17

3 The dynamics of feasting and gift exchange in rural Kazakstan / Cynthia Ann Werner 47

4 Nawriz in Kazakstan: scenarios for managing diversity / Hilda C. Eitzen 73

5 The Kazaks of western Mongolia / Peter Finke 103.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147) and index.

ISBN:

0312226942

OCLC:

41674406