{"product_id":"the-force-of-custom-law-and-the-ordering-of-everyday-life-in-kyrgyzstan-9780822964209","title":"The Force of Custom: Law and the Ordering of Everyday Life in Kyrgyzstan","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Force of Custom\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003esalt.\u003c\/i\u003e While \u003ci\u003esalt\u003c\/i\u003e is presented as age-old tradition, its invocation is shown to be a highly developed and flexible rhetorical strategy that people adapt in order to meet the challenges of contemporary political, legal, economic, and religious environments. Officially, codified state law should take precedence when it comes to dispute resolution, yet the unwritten laws of \u003ci\u003esalt\u003c\/i\u003e and the increasing importance of Islamic law provide the standards for ordering everyday life. As Beyer further demonstrates, interpretations of both Islamic and state law are also intrinsically linked to \u003ci\u003esalt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e By interweaving case studies on kinship, legal negotiations, festive events, mourning rituals, and political and business dealings, Beyer shows how \u003ci\u003esalt\u003c\/i\u003e is the binding element in rural Kyrgyz social life and how it is used to explain and negotiate moral behavior and to postulate communal identity. In this way, \u003ci\u003esalt\u003c\/i\u003e provides a time-tested, sustainable source of authentication that defies changes in government and the shifting tides of religious movements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Beyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822964209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Beyer\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of anthropology at the University of Konstanz, Germany. She is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eKirgistan: A Photoethnography of Talas\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eEthnographies of the State in Central Asia: Performing Politics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40201442525299,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6ec502f4-023f-4e79-ae79-367587b3c59b.jpg?v=1656164997","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-force-of-custom-law-and-the-ordering-of-everyday-life-in-kyrgyzstan-9780822964209","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}