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Bartered Brides: Politics, Gender and Marriage in an Afghan Tribal Society (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) | 
 enlarge | Author: Nancy Tapper
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1141881
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0521024676
Dewey Decimal Number: 301
EAN: 9780521024679
ASIN: 0521024676
Publication Date: March 16, 2006
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Product Description
Bartered Brides is a detailed study of marriage among the Maduzai, a tribal society in Afghan Turkistan. It is the first study of the area which looks in depth at both the domestic aspects of marriage and its relation to the productive and reproductive activities of women, as well as marriage as a means of managing political and economic conflict and competition. The fieldwork was carried out in the early 1970s before the 1978 coup and Soviet invasion. In this respect the book offers a unique account of a world that has disappeared. Nancy Tapper presents both male and female perspectives, detailed case studies and historical and statistical material. As an ethnographic and historical record, Bartered Brides breaks new ground in the study of Islam, the Middle East and South-west Asia. As the most detailed and extensive discussion of a Middle Eastern marriage system to date, it contributes to wider anthropological studies of marriage, politics and gender.
Book Description
This is a detailed study of marriage among the Maduzai, a tribal society in Afghan Turkistan. Nancy Tapper presents both male and female perspectives, and includes detailed case studies and historical and statistical material.
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