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Living language in Kazakhstan : the dialogic emergence of an ancestral worldview / Eva-Marie Dubuisson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dubuisson, Eva-Marie, author.
- Series:
- Central Eurasia in context.
- Central Eurasia in Context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kazakhs--Religion.
- Kazakhs.
- Kazakhs--Kinship.
- Ancestor worship--Kazakhstan.
- Ancestor worship.
- Kazakhstan--Social life and customs.
- Kazakhstan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction. An ancestral worldview
- Bata and blessing
- Guardians of the ancestors
- Ancestry in aitys poetry
- Dialogic authority
- Conclusion. Participatory politics.
- Notes:
- Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-167) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822982838
- 0822982838
- OCLC:
- 991579997
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