Table of Contents

Part I The Background; Chapter 1 The Genesis of the Project; Chapter 2 Turkmenistan; Chapter 3 The Folk Songs of Turkmen Women; Part II The Culture and the Women; Chapter 4 Religion and Belief Patterns; Chapter 5 Family Relationships; Chapter 6 Rites of Passage; Chapter 7 Turkmen Women; Part III The Songs; Chapter 8 An Introduction to the Songs; Chapter 9 Laeleler (girls’ songs); Chapter 10 Toy Aydymlary (wedding songs); Chapter 11 Monjukatdylar (fortune-telling songs); Chapter 12 Huewdueler (lullabies); Chapter 13 Agylar (lamentations);

Reviews

'Tradition and Society in Turkmenistan makes an important contribution to the growing body of English-language studies on Central Asia ... a valuable resource for historians, anthropologists and sociologists working on Turkmenistan, or more generally for scholars working on gender identity and performance.' - School of Oriental & African Studies

'Unusual and refreshing' - Cornucopia'Blackwell's research methods are impeccably rigorous ... [and] she writes with an elegance and accessibility not normally associated with academic texts.' - Asian Affairs

'Tradition and Society in Turkmenistanmakes an important contribution to the growing body of English-language studies on Central Asia ... a valuable resource for historians, anthropologists and sociologists working on Turkmenistan, or more generally for scholars working on gender identity and performance.' - School of Oriental & African Studies

'Unusual and refreshing' - Cornucopia