1st Edition

Tradition and Society in Turkmenistan Gender, Oral Culture and Song

By Carole Blackwell Copyright 2001
    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    This unique study of Turkmen women and their folk songs looks at religion, ritual and family as seen through the eyes of the women and their songs.

    Part I The Background; Chapter 1 The Genesis of the Project; Chapter 2 Turkmenistan; Chapter 3 The Folk Songs of Turkmen Women; Part II The Culture and the Women; Chapter 4 Religion and Belief Patterns; Chapter 5 Family Relationships; Chapter 6 Rites of Passage; Chapter 7 Turkmen Women; Part III The Songs; Chapter 8 An Introduction to the Songs; Chapter 9 Laeleler (girls’ songs); Chapter 10 Toy Aydymlary (wedding songs); Chapter 11 Monjukatdylar (fortune-telling songs); Chapter 12 Huewdueler (lullabies); Chapter 13 Agylar (lamentations);

    Biography

    Blackwell, Carole

    'Tradition and Society in Turkmenistan makes an important contribution to the growing body of English-language studies on Central Asia ... a valuable resource for historians, anthropologists and sociologists working on Turkmenistan, or more generally for scholars working on gender identity and performance.' - School of Oriental & African Studies

    'Unusual and refreshing' - Cornucopia