| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
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Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures |
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Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
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| Contents |
Preface; A Rocky Road; 1. Groups and Violence; Ethnography and Suspicion; 2. Social Organization in Istalif; Making Pots; 3. How Making Pots Bound People Together; The Art of Finding a Bargain; 4. How Selling Pots Tore People Apart; Telling Stories; 5. Leadership, Descent, and Marriage; Dinner; 6. Cultural Definitions of Power in Istalif; Election Day; 7. Masterly Inactivity: The Politics of Stagnation; The Director of Intelligence; 8. The Afghan State as a Useful Fiction; Paktya--Eighteen Months Later; 9. Thinking About Violence, Social Organization, and International Intervention |
| Summary |
After the fall of the Taliban, instability reigned across Afghanistan. However, in the small town of Istalif, located a little over an hour north of Kabul and not far from Bagram on the Shomali Plain, local politics remained relatively violence-free. Bazaar Politics examines this seemingly paradoxical situation, exploring how the town's local politics maintained peace despite a long, violent history in a country dealing with a growing insurgency. At the heart of this story are the Istalifi potters, skilled craftsmen trained over generations. With workshops organized around extended families and |
| Notes |
NotesBibliography; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Potters -- Afghanistan -- Istālif
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Political culture -- Afghanistan -- Istālif
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Ethnology -- Afghanistan -- Istālif
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Ethnology
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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Potters
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Social conditions
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Istālif (Afghanistan) -- Politics and government
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Istālif (Afghanistan) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
Afghanistan -- Istālif
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780804778909 |
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0804778906 |
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0804776717 |
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9780804776714 |
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