Cultural Change and Continuity in Central Asia
- London, New York Kegan Paul International in association with the Central Asia Research Forum, School of Oriental and African Studies, London 1991
- ix, 377 pages ; 23 cm
Includes Chapter: Moojan Momen, The Baha'i Community of Ashkhabad: Its Social Basis and Importance in Baha'i History, 278-305
In this chapter I will briefly survey the origin and history of the Baha'i community in Ashkhabad in Turkistan. An analysis will be presented of the social composition of this community. Finally an attempt will be made to assess the importance of the Ashkhabad Baha'i community in terms of the rest of the Baha'i world. The sources for this paper are mainly various Baha'i histories but other corroborating material is presented where available Chapter 1|13 pages Zaynab and Aman: Love and Women's Liberation in the 1930s, a Story Poem by Hamid Alimjan ByDavid C. Montgomery Abstract Chapter 2|15 pages Uighur Literature: The Antecedents ByEden Naby Abstract Chapter 3|16 pages A Late Piece of Nazira or A Symbol Making its Way through Early Uzbek Poetry ByIngeborg Baldauf Abstract Chapter 4|26 pages Religious Themes in the Novels of Chingiz Aitmatov Abstract Chapter 5|13 pages Script Changes in Xinjiang ByIldikó Bellér-Hann Abstract Chapter 6|40 pages Census and Sociology: Evaluating the Language Situation in Soviet Central Asia BySimon Crisp Abstract Chapter 7|36 pages Russian Language Teaching Policy in Soviet Central Asia 1958–86 ByJ. M. Kirkwood Abstract Chapter 8|11 pages Ritualism of Family Life in Soviet Central Asia: The Sunnat (Circumcision) ByEwa A. Chylinski Abstract Chapter 9|10 pages Professional Beliefs and Rituals among Craftsmen in Central Asia: Genetic and Functional Interpretation ByZ. Jasiewicz Abstract Chapter 10|17 pages Women and Power: A Perspective on Marriage among Durrani Pashtuns of Afghan Turkistan ByNancy Tapper Abstract Chapter 11|20 pages Golden Tent-Pegs: Settlement and Change among Nomads in Afghan Turkistan ByRichard Tapper Abstract Chapter 12|19 pages Ethnic Games in Xinjiang: Anthropological Approaches ByC. M. Hann Abstract Chapter 13|21 pages Continuity and Modernity in the Costume of the Muslims of Central Asia ByJennifer M. Scarce Abstract Chapter 14|12 pages Musical Change in Herat during the Twentieth Century ByJohn Baily Abstract Chapter 15|8 pages Tradition and Change in Central Asian Architecture Today ByF. Ashrafi Abstract Chapter 16|28 pages The Baha'i Community of Ashkhabad; its Social Basis and Importance in Baha'i History ByM. Momen Abstract Chapter 17|38 pages Islam in China: Western Studies ByJacques Waardenburg Abstract Chapter 18|17 pages Change and Tradition in Eighteenth-century Kazakhstan: The Dynastic Factor ByAlan Bodger Abstract Chapter 19|12 pages The Role of the Hui Muslims (Tungans) in Republican Sinkiang ByAndrew D. W. Forbes Abstract