A Mountain Oasis : : Daily Life in a Village in the Yasin Valley, Pakistan.

• Superior document: Iran and the Caucasus Monographs ; v.2
• Author: York, Susan.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Iran and the Caucasus Monographs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (333 pages)

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

The Valley and the Village Economy -- The House and Its Uses -- The Seasons : Spring and Summer -- The Seasons : Autumn and Winter -- Daily Life in a Large Household -- A High Pasture Settlement -- Food : Daily and Celebratory -- Making and Decorating : Craft Activities -- The Household : Who Lives in the House? -- Relationships within the Household -- Beyond the Household.