The Force of Custom: Law and the Ordering of Everyday Life in Kyrgyzstan

by Judith Beyer

The Force of Custom presents a finely textured ethnographic study that sheds new light on the legal and moral ordering of everyday life in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. Through her extensive fieldwork and firsthand experience, Judith Beyer reveals how Kyrgyz in Talas province negotiate proper behavior and regulate disputes by invoking custom, known to the locals as salt. While salt is presented as age-old tradition, its invocation is shown to be a highly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822964201
• ISBN13: 9780822964209
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"