| Afghan Village Voices: Stories from a Tribal Community Contributor(s): Tapper, Richard (Author), Lindisfarne-Tapper, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0755600851 ISBN-13: 9780755600854 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Central Asia - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.01 lbs) 528 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Afghanistan in the 20th century was virtually unknown in Europe and America. At peace until the 1970s, the country was seen as a remote and exotic land, visited only by adventurous tourists or researchers. Afghan Village Voicesis a testament to this little-known period of peace and captures a society and culture now lost. Prepared by two of the most accomplished and well-known anthropologists of the Middle East and Central Asia, Richard Tapper and Nancy Tapper-Lindisfarne, this is a book of stories told by the Piruzai, a rural Afghan community of some 200 families who farmed in northern Afghanistan and in summer took their flocks to the central Hazārajāt mountains. The book comprises a collection of remarkable stories, folktales and conversations and provides unprecedented insight into the depth and colour of these people's lives. Recorded in the early 1970s, the stories range from memories of the Piruzai migration to the north a half century before, to the feuds, ethnic strife and the doings of powerful khans. There are also stories of falling in love, elopements, marriages, childbirth and the world of spirits. The book includes vignettes of the narrators, photographs, maps and a full glossary. It is a remarkable document of Afghanistan at peace, told by a people whose voices have rarely been heard. |