Tradition and Society in Turkmenistan: Gender, Oral Culture and Song

Tradition and Society in Turkmenistan

Gender, Oral Culture and Song

By Carole Blackwell

Price: $170.00

ISBN: 978-0-7007-1354-7
Binding: Hardback
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 12th January 2001
Pages: 288

About the Book

This unique study of Turkmen women and their folk songs looks at religion, ritual and family as seen through the eyes of the women and their songs.

Reviews

'Tradition and Society in Turkmenistan makes an important contribution to the growing body of English-language studies on Central Asia ... a valuable resource for historians, anthropologists and sociologists working on Turkmenistan, or more generally for scholars working on gender identity and performance.' - School of Oriental & African Studies

'Unusual and refreshing' - Cornucopia