Magpies Tale - Ethnographic Historical Perspectives on Kazakh of Western Mongolia

Telling the story of the author's time living with a Kazakh family in a small village in western Mongolia, this book contextualizes the family's personal stories within the broader history of the region. It looks at the position of the Kazakh over time in relation to Tsarist Russian, Soviet, Chinese and Mongolian rule and influence. These are stories of migration across generations, bride kidnappings and marriage, domestic violence and alcoholism, adoption and family, and how people have coped in the face of political and economic crisis, poverty and loss, and, perhaps most enduringly, how love and family persist through all of this.

About the author

Anna Odland Portisch has taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies and Brunel University.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Odland Portisch, Anna Onland Portisch
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9781800737969
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-796-9
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Lifeworlds: Knowledges, Politi; Lifeworlds: Knowledges, Politics, Histories
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Mongolia, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: family and relationships