Muslim Turkistan: Kazak Religion and Collective Memory
Book Details
Author(s)
Bruce Privratsky
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN / ASIN
0700712976
ISBN-13
9780700712977
Availability
In stock. Usually ships within 2 to 3 days.
Sales Rank
#5,155,788
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
This ethnography of Muslim life among the Kazaks of Central Asia describes the sacralisation of land and ethnic identity, local understanding of Islamic purity, the Kazak ancestor cult and domestic spirituality, and pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints.
