Iconic Places in Central Asia : the Moral Geography of Dams, Pastures and Holy Sites.

Croix, Jeanne Féaux de la.

Iconic Places in Central Asia : the Moral Geography of Dams, Pastures and Holy Sites. - Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, 2017. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - Kultur und soziale Praxis . - Kultur und soziale Praxis. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-346) and index.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Interactions in three significant places. Chapter 2: Knowing and living pastures ; Chapter 3: Damming the Naryn River ; Chapter 4: Visiting mazars -- Part II: Timing places. Chapter 5: Coping with continuity : between epics and life stories ; Chapter 6: Commemorating change : between collectivisation and privatisation -- Part III: Working and enjoying places. Chapter 7: What is work and why do it? ; Chapter 8: Celebrating places : picnics, poetry and song ; Chapter 9: Conclusion.


In English with summary in Kyrgyz; acknowledgments also in Kyrgyz.

9783839436301 (electronic bk.) 3839436303 (electronic bk.) 3837636305 9783837636307

9783837636307


Cultural geography--Kyrgyzstan.
Pastures--Social aspects--Kyrgyzstan.
Dams--Social aspects--Kyrgyzstan.
Sacred space--Kyrgyzstan.
Water-power--Kyrgyzstan.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Kyrgyzstan.
Ethnology--Kyrgyzstan.
Cultural geography--Asia, Central.
Géographie culturelle--Asie centrale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Cultural geography.
Dams--Social aspects.
Dams.
Ethnology.
Manners and customs.
Pastures.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Sacred space.
Travel.
Water-power.


Kyrgyzstan--Description and travel.
Kyrgyzstan--Social life and customs.
Asia, Central--Description and travel.
Asie centrale--Descriptions et voyages.
Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan.


Electronic books.

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