Muslim youth : tensions and transitions in Tajikistan
by
 
Harris, Colette, 1948-

Title
: 
Muslim youth : tensions and transitions in Tajikistan

Author
: 
Harris, Colette, 1948-

ISBN
: 
9780813342948

Personal Author
: 
Harris, Colette, 1948-

Publication Information
: 
Boulder, Colo. ; Oxford : Westview, 2006.

Physical Description
: 
xiv, 192 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series
: 
Westview case studies in anthropology

Series Title
: 
Westview case studies in anthropology

Contents
: 
Introduction: Muslim youth -- History of Tajikistan -- Traditionalism versus modernity -- Family relations -- Education and employment -- Romantic friendships -- Marriage and the family -- Tensions and transitions.

Abstract
: 
"Relying on the author's extensive fieldwork, Muslim Youth devotes separate chapters to family life, education, dating, and marriage and the family in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Throughout the book, emblematic life stories vividly portray the hopes and concerns of Tajiks, teasing out the complexity of modernity versus tradition and individualism versus collectivism."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
: 
Muslim youth -- Tajikistan -- Social conditions.

Electronic Access
: 
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005029004.html


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