Afghanistan Dispossessed
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Afghanistan Dispossessed

Women, Culture and the Taliban

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Afghanistan Dispossessed

Women, Culture and the Taliban

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How does normal social, cultural, religious life survive in constant turmoil? How can the people flourish? These basic questions are examined and answered by Razia Sultanova's academic analysis and deep fieldwork, with extensive eyewitness and personal contacts and conversations with a wide variety of Afghan men and women. She looks at basic questions of gender, identity, nation, tradition, history, popular culture and especially the role of music - classical, popular, modern and contemporary - as a vital element for survival. And all is over-shadowed by the Taliban with on-going threat of terror and repression especially for women and girls. Here is a classical story of a people's struggle for everyday normality and preservation of cherished traditions in a war-torn society.

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Publisher
Pen and Sword History
Year
2023
ISBN
9781399060264
Topic
History
Subtopic
Social History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Booktitle
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 How This Book Came About
  8. Chapter 2 A Short History of Afghan Population and Demography
  9. Chapter 3 Exploring the Country: My Trip to Northern Afghanistan
  10. Chapter 4 Popular Culture in Afghanistan: From Capital to Rural Area, from Militant Anthems to Sufi Chanting, Love Songs and Lullabies
  11. Chapter 5 Afghan Women: From Craft to Music Art
  12. Plate
  13. Chapter 6 ‘No Music, No Nation!’: Survival of the Uzbek National Identity in Afghanistan
  14. Chapter 7 Archive Recordings and Documentation on Music in Northern Afghanistan
  15. Chapter 8 Northern Afghan Musical Instruments and their Social and Cross-cultural Meaning
  16. Chapter 9 Gender and Ambiguity: The Bachabozi Dancing Boys in Entertainment and Rituals
  17. Chapter 10 Pushing Boundaries, Facing Restrictions: Female Pop Singer Elaha Soroor
  18. Epilogue
  19. Appendix
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index
  23. Backcover