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.
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Bartered Brides is an original study of marriage among the Maduzai, a tribal society in Afghan Turkistan. It 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. 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 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. -- Book Description
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This is a detailed study of marriage among the Maduzai, a tribal society in Afghan Turkistan. Nancy Tapper presents both male and female perspectives, and includes detailed case studies and historical and statistical material.
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The fieldwork on which this study is based began when RLT and I travelled in western Afghan Turkistan for a month in 1968. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sar payment, brideprice marriages, anticipatory inheritance, high brideprice, large trousseau, jinn possession, own agnates, close agnates, nikah ceremony, closest agnates, brideprice payments, core lineages, household unity, client households, exchange marriages, affinai ties, agnatic ties, household independence, local descent group, engagement ceremony, illicit sexual liaisons, male agnates, widow inheritance, marriage procedure, joint household Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hajji Ibrahim, Hajji Sultan, Mohammad Amir, Agha Mohammad, Dost Mohammad, Maduzai Khan, Patih Mohammad, Ishaqzai Khans, Afzal Khan, Akhtar Mohammad, Afghan Turkistan, Hajji Soleyman, Middle Eastern, Mullah Shahid, Muslim Middle East, Mullah Daud, Upper Sinjit, Purdil Khan, Hajji Janshah, Payz Mohammad, Durrani Pashtuns, Hajji Abdullah, Gul Mohammad, Hajji Abdul Manan, Hajji Adam New!
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The fieldwork on which this study is based began when RLT and I travelled in western Afghan Turkistan for a month in 1968. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sar payment, brideprice marriages, anticipatory inheritance, high brideprice, large trousseau, jinn possession, own agnates, close agnates, nikah ceremony, closest agnates, brideprice payments, core lineages, household unity, client households, exchange marriages, affinai ties, agnatic ties, household independence, local descent group, engagement ceremony, illicit sexual liaisons, male agnates, widow inheritance, marriage procedure, joint household Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hajji Ibrahim, Hajji Sultan, Mohammad Amir, Agha Mohammad, Dost Mohammad, Maduzai Khan, Patih Mohammad, Ishaqzai Khans, Afzal Khan, Akhtar Mohammad, Afghan Turkistan, Hajji Soleyman, Middle Eastern, Mullah Shahid, Muslim Middle East, Mullah Daud, Upper Sinjit, Purdil Khan, Hajji Janshah, Payz Mohammad, Durrani Pashtuns, Hajji Abdullah, Gul Mohammad, Hajji Abdul Manan, Hajji Adam New!
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