Description
Telling the story of the author's time living with a Kazakh family in a small village in western Mongolia, this book contextualizes the family's personal stories within the broader history of the region. It looks at the position of the Kazakh over time in relation to Tsarist Russian, Soviet, Chinese and Mongolian rule and influence. These are stories of migration across generations, bride kidnappings and marriage, domestic violence and alcoholism, adoption and family, and how people have coped in the face of political and economic crisis, poverty and loss, and, perhaps most enduringly, how love and family persist through all of this.
Author: Anna Odland Portisch
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 01/13/2023
Pages: 282
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781800737969
ISBN10: 1800737963
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Sociology | Marriage & Family
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
About the Author
Anna Odland Portisch has taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies and Brunel University.