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Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan : Anthropological Perspectives.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Indiana University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (404 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253066787
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Revolutions and Rebellions in AfghanistanDDC classification:
  • 958/.1044
LOC classification:
  • GN25 .S534 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword to Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan: Anthropological Perspectives, 2022 Edition / M. Nazif Shahrani and Robert L. Canfield -- Preface / Robert L. Canfield -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Marxist "Revolution" and Islamic Resistance in Afghanistan / M. Nazif Shahrani -- Chapter 2. The Marxist Regimes and the Soviet Presence in Afghanistan: An Ages-Old Culture Responds to Late Twentieth-Century Aggression / Louis Dupree -- Part II: Nuristan and Eastern Afghanistan -- Chapter 4. Responses to Central Authority in Nuristan: The Case of the Väygal Valley Kalasha / David J. Katz -- Chapter 5. The Rebellion in Darra-i Nur / R. Lincoln Keiser -- Part III: Qataghan and Badakhshan -- Chapter 6. Causes and Context of Responses to the Saur Revolution in Badakhshan / M. Nazif Shahrani -- Chapter 7. Weak Links on a Rusty Chain: Structural Weaknesses in Afghanistan's Provincial Government Administration / Thomas J. Barfield -- Chapter 8. Effects of the Saur Revolution in the Nahrin Area of Northern Afghanistan / Hugh Beattie -- Part IV: Bamyan and Turkistan -- Chapter 9. Islamic Coalitions in Bamyan: A Problem in Translating Afghan Political Culture / Robert L. Canfield -- Chapter 10. Ethnicity and Class: Dimensions of Intergroup Conflict in North-Central Afghanistan / Richard Tapper -- Part V: Western and Southern Afghanistan -- Chapter 11. Sheikhanzai Nomads and the Afghan State: A Study of Indigenous Authority and Foreign Rule / Bahram Tavakolian -- Chapter 12. How Afghans Define Themselves in Relation to Islam / Jon W. Anderson -- Part VI: The Saur Revolution and the Afghan Woman -- Chapter 13. Causes and Consequences of the Abolition of Brideprice in Afghanistan / Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper.
Chapter 14. Revolutionary Rhetoric and Afghan Women / Nancy Hatch Dupree -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword to Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan: Anthropological Perspectives, 2022 Edition / M. Nazif Shahrani and Robert L. Canfield -- Preface / Robert L. Canfield -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Marxist "Revolution" and Islamic Resistance in Afghanistan / M. Nazif Shahrani -- Chapter 2. The Marxist Regimes and the Soviet Presence in Afghanistan: An Ages-Old Culture Responds to Late Twentieth-Century Aggression / Louis Dupree -- Part II: Nuristan and Eastern Afghanistan -- Chapter 4. Responses to Central Authority in Nuristan: The Case of the Väygal Valley Kalasha / David J. Katz -- Chapter 5. The Rebellion in Darra-i Nur / R. Lincoln Keiser -- Part III: Qataghan and Badakhshan -- Chapter 6. Causes and Context of Responses to the Saur Revolution in Badakhshan / M. Nazif Shahrani -- Chapter 7. Weak Links on a Rusty Chain: Structural Weaknesses in Afghanistan's Provincial Government Administration / Thomas J. Barfield -- Chapter 8. Effects of the Saur Revolution in the Nahrin Area of Northern Afghanistan / Hugh Beattie -- Part IV: Bamyan and Turkistan -- Chapter 9. Islamic Coalitions in Bamyan: A Problem in Translating Afghan Political Culture / Robert L. Canfield -- Chapter 10. Ethnicity and Class: Dimensions of Intergroup Conflict in North-Central Afghanistan / Richard Tapper -- Part V: Western and Southern Afghanistan -- Chapter 11. Sheikhanzai Nomads and the Afghan State: A Study of Indigenous Authority and Foreign Rule / Bahram Tavakolian -- Chapter 12. How Afghans Define Themselves in Relation to Islam / Jon W. Anderson -- Part VI: The Saur Revolution and the Afghan Woman -- Chapter 13. Causes and Consequences of the Abolition of Brideprice in Afghanistan / Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper.

Chapter 14. Revolutionary Rhetoric and Afghan Women / Nancy Hatch Dupree -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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