Living language in Kazakhstan : the dialogue emergence of an ancestral worldview /

Eva-Marie Dubuisson provides a fascinating anthropological inquiry into the deeply ingrained presence of ancestors within the cultural, political and spiritual discourse of Kazakhs. In a climate of authoritarianism and economic uncertainty, many peope in this region turn to their forebears for care,...

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Main Author:	Dubuisson, Eva-Marie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
Series:	Central Eurasia in context.
Subjects:	Kazakhs > Religion. Kazakhs > Kinship. Kazakhstan > Social life and customs. Ancestor worship > Kazakhstan.