A Mountain Oasis

Daily Life in a Village in the Yasin Valley, Pakistan
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-68481-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 638 g

Reihe: Iran and the Caucasus Monographs

In A Mountain Oasis, Susan York presents a richly illustrated socio-economic study of village life in Pakistan’s Yasin Valley, undertaken during one year spent living with a local family. It documents this dynamic agro-pastoral society at a time when few researchers were recording developments in these far-flung and difficult to reach mountain oases of the Hindukush. It is a record of a time when development interventions were in their beginnings, and before this area in Gilgit-Baltistan entered a crucial period of transformation. It provides solid comparative reference material for future research on this region, which is continuing to undergo challenging and complex changes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

York, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Über Autor(innen)

Susan York is a social anthropologist, researcher and teacher with degrees in social anthropology, humanities and psychology. She has carried out research on mountain communities in Pakistan, Afghan refugees in Pakistan and food emergencies in Sudan.