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The force of custom : law and the ordering of everyday life in Kyrgyzstan /

"The Force of Custom presents a finely textured ethnographic study that sheds new light on the legal and moral ordering of everyday life in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. Through her extensive fieldwork and firsthand experience, Judith Beyer reveals how Kyrgyz in Talas province negotiate proper behav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beyer, Judith (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]
Series:	Central Eurasia in context.
Subjects:	Kyrgyzstan > Social life and customs. Kyrgyz > Ethnic identity > History. Ethnology > Kyrgyzstan. National characteristics, Kyrgyz. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.

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