Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan
by
Aksana Ismailbekova
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, Blood Ties and the Native Son tells the story of the rise and fall of a man called Rahim, an influential and powerful patron in rural northern Kyrgyzstan, and of how his relations with clients and kin shaped the economic and social...