Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley: A 19th-Century Ethnography from Central Asia

by Maria Nalivkina and Vladimir Nalivkin

Book Overview

Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley is the first English translation of an important 19th-century Russian text describing everyday life in Uzbek communities. Vladimir and Maria Nalivkin were Russians who settled in a "Sart" village in 1878, in a territory newly conquered by the Russian Empire. During their six years in Nanay, Maria Nalivkina learned the local language, befriended her neighbors, and wrote observations about their lives from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253021383
• ISBN13: 9780253021380
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher