Bartered Brides: Politics, Gender And Marriage In An Afghan Tribal Society (cambridge Studies In Social And Cultural Anthropology)
by Nancy Tapper /
2006 / English / PDF
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Bartered Brides is a detailed study of marriage among the Maduzai,
a tribal society in Afghan Turkistan. It is the first study of the
area which looks in depth at both the domestic aspects of marriage
and its relation to the productive and reproductive activities of
women, as well as marriage as a means of managing political and
economic conflict and competition. The fieldwork was carried out in
the early 1970s before the 1978 coup and Soviet invasion. In this
respect the book offers a unique account of a world that has
disappeared. Nancy Tapper presents both male and female
perspectives, detailed case studies and historical and statistical
material. As an ethnographic and historical record, Bartered Brides
breaks new ground in the study of Islam, the Middle East and
South-west Asia. As the most detailed and extensive discussion of a
Middle Eastern marriage system to date, it contributes to wider
anthropological studies of marriage, politics and gender.
Bartered Brides is a detailed study of marriage among the Maduzai,
a tribal society in Afghan Turkistan. It is the first study of the
area which looks in depth at both the domestic aspects of marriage
and its relation to the productive and reproductive activities of
women, as well as marriage as a means of managing political and
economic conflict and competition. The fieldwork was carried out in
the early 1970s before the 1978 coup and Soviet invasion. In this
respect the book offers a unique account of a world that has
disappeared. Nancy Tapper presents both male and female
perspectives, detailed case studies and historical and statistical
material. As an ethnographic and historical record, Bartered Brides
breaks new ground in the study of Islam, the Middle East and
South-west Asia. As the most detailed and extensive discussion of a
Middle Eastern marriage system to date, it contributes to wider
anthropological studies of marriage, politics and gender.
