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

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Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, 2017.

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Description	1 online resource (353 pages).
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Series	Kultur und soziale Praxis
	Kultur und soziale Praxis.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-346) and index.
Contents	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.
	Cover ; Inhalt ; Acknowledgments ; Ыраазычылык; Аннотация: Summary in Kyrgyz; Note on Transliteration ; 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.
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Language	In English with summary in Kyrgyz; acknowledgments also in Kyrgyz.
Subject	Cultural geography -- Kyrgyzstan.
	Cultural geography.
	Kyrgyzstan.
	Kyrgyzstan -- Description and travel.
	Kyrgyzstan -- Social life and customs.
	Manners and customs.
	Pastures -- Social aspects -- Kyrgyzstan.
	Pastures.
	Social aspects.
	Dams -- Social aspects -- Kyrgyzstan.
	Dams -- Social aspects.
	Dams.
	Sacred space -- Kyrgyzstan.
	Sacred space.
	Water-power -- Kyrgyzstan.
	Water-power.
	Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Kyrgyzstan.
	Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
	Ethnology -- Kyrgyzstan.
	Ethnology.
	Cultural geography -- Asia, Central.
	Central Asia.
	Asia, Central -- Description and travel.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Croix, Jeanne Féaux de la. Iconic Places in Central Asia : The Moral Geography of Dams, Pastures and Holy Sites. Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, ©2017 9783837636307
ISBN	9783839436301 (electronic book)
	3839436303 (electronic book)
	3837636305
	9783837636307
Standard No.	9783837636307

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