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Veiled and Unveiled in Chechnya and Daghestan
Iwona Kaliszewska
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Description for Veiled and Unveiled in Chechnya and Daghestan
Hardback. Fascinating ethnography of women in the Caucasus living through a period of Islamic revivalism Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 512.
Offering the reader an unflinching portrait of Daghestan and Chechnya-primarily its girls and women-this book presents the Caucasus through the eyes of a Polish woman who travelled there with her small child in the midst of a locally rooted but newly assertive Islamic revivalism. Shadowed by Russian secret police they, and later her husband, participate in Muslim rites in villages which penalise those caught smoking or drinking, even in their own homes; hang out with polygamous families; talk to activists whose stance on human rights or democracy has them on hit lists, and to young people about religion, polygamy, prostitution ... Read more
Offering the reader an unflinching portrait of Daghestan and Chechnya-primarily its girls and women-this book presents the Caucasus through the eyes of a Polish woman who travelled there with her small child in the midst of a locally rooted but newly assertive Islamic revivalism. Shadowed by Russian secret police they, and later her husband, participate in Muslim rites in villages which penalise those caught smoking or drinking, even in their own homes; hang out with polygamous families; talk to activists whose stance on human rights or democracy has them on hit lists, and to young people about religion, polygamy, prostitution ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849045575
SKU
V9781849045575
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About Iwona Kaliszewska
Iwona Kaliszewska has been researching the North Caucasus since 2004. She teaches anthropology at the University of Warsaw. Maciej Falkowski is a political scientist and journalist based at the Centre for Eastern Studies in Warsaw.
Reviews for Veiled and Unveiled in Chechnya and Daghestan
'The works of Bronislaw Malinowski and Ryszard Kapuscinski taught us that Polish travellers have a special place in the canon of ethnographic description. Here is another example of that distinguished tradition.'
Professor Georgi Derlugian, NYU, Abu Dhabi, author of Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A Biography in World-Systems Perspective
'By offering moving scenes from everyday life across ... Read more
Professor Georgi Derlugian, NYU, Abu Dhabi, author of Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A Biography in World-Systems Perspective
'By offering moving scenes from everyday life across ... Read more