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The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War
M. Nazif Shahrani
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Description for The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War
Paperback. This new edition of a highly praised ethnography of nomadic peoples in Afghanistan includes a discussion of the colonial roots of terrorism written since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
An extended new Preface and a new Epilogue written after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, place The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan, originally published in 1979, in the context of a vastly changed world. The original book describes the cultural and ecological adaptation of the nomadic Kirghiz and their agriculturalist neighbors, the Wakhi, to high altitudes and a frigid climate in the Wakhan Corridor, a panhandle of Afghanistan that borders Pakistan, the former Soviet Union, and the People’s Republic of China.
The new Preface challenges the assumption that the root cause of terrorism is religious. Shahrani asserts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295982625
SKU
V9780295982625
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About M. Nazif Shahrani
M. Nazif Shahrani , an Afghan anthropologist, is chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University.
Reviews for The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War
“A carefully developed ethnography that will surely be appreciated as one of the finest on peoples in Central Asia.
MESA Bulletin
“Shahrani’s work is doubly significant: it is an account of a people that are now virtually inaccessible to anthropological inquiry; and it is a work by a local or native anthropologist.
Journal of Asian Studies
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MESA Bulletin
“Shahrani’s work is doubly significant: it is an account of a people that are now virtually inaccessible to anthropological inquiry; and it is a work by a local or native anthropologist.
Journal of Asian Studies
... Read more