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xi, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Pages of history : from medieval Oirats to contemporary Kalmyks -- Deportation as a collective trauma : thirteen years, thirteen days -- Diaspora and identity -- Language and ethno-linguistic situation -- Traditional economy and dwelling -- Family and gender stereotypes -- Life cycle rites -- Food, dress and ornament -- Folk handicrafts and decorative-applied arts -- Religion, the calendar and festivals -- Folk arts and epic -- The leader of the nation and the idea of nationhood.
Elza-Bair Guchinova ; translated by David C. Lewis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-257) and index.