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Afghanistan Dispossessed : Women, Culture and the Taliban.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sultanova, Razia.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Afghanistan Dispossessed
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2023.
- Summary:
- A focused history of women and popular culture in Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion, to 9/11, to the Taliban's takeover.How does normal social, cultural, religious life survive in constant turmoil? How can the people flourish? These basic questions are examined and answered by Razia Sultanova's academic analysis and deep fieldwork, with extensive eyewitness and personal contacts and conversations with a wide variety of Afghan men and women. She looks at basic questions of gender, identity, nation, tradition, history, popular culture and especially the role of music - classical, popular, modern and contemporary - as a vital element for survival. And all is over-shadowed by the Taliban with on-going threat of terror and repression especially for women and girls. Here is a classical story of a people's struggle for everyday normality and preservation of cherished traditions in a war-torn society.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Booktitle
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 How This Book Came About
- Chapter 2 A Short History of Afghan Population and Demography
- Chapter 3 Exploring the Country: My Trip to Northern Afghanistan
- Chapter 4 Popular Culture in Afghanistan: From Capital to Rural Area, from Militant Anthems to Sufi Chanting, Love Songs and Lullabies
- Chapter 5 Afghan Women: From Craft to Music Art
- Plate
- Chapter 6 'No Music, No Nation!': Survival of the Uzbek National Identity in Afghanistan
- Chapter 7 Archive Recordings and Documentation on Music in Northern Afghanistan
- Chapter 8 Northern Afghan Musical Instruments and their Social and Cross-cultural Meaning
- Chapter 9 Gender and Ambiguity: The Bachabozi Dancing Boys in Entertainment and Rituals
- Chapter 10 Pushing Boundaries, Facing Restrictions: Female Pop Singer Elaha Soroor
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backcover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781399060264
- 1399060260
- 9781399060240
- 1399060244
- OCLC:
- 1368316653
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