The Kalmyks

Contents
 
List of Illustrations
Preface
Foreword
Map of Kalmykia

Introduction

1. Pages of history: from medieval Oirats to
contemporary Kalmyks
2. Deportation as a collective trauma: thirteen years,
thirteen days
3. Diaspora and identity
4. Language and the ethno-linguistic situation 
5. Traditional economy and dwelling 
6. Family and gender stereotypes
7. Life cycle rites
8. Food, dress and ornament
9. Folk handicrafts and decorative-applied arts 
10. Religion, the calendar and festivals 
11. Folk arts and epic 
12. The leader of the nation and the idea of nationhood 

Conclusions: metamorphoses in Kalmyk ethnicity
in a period of transformations 

Appendix A: Population figures for Kalmykia 
Appendix B: Kalmyk kinship terms 
Glossary of main Kalmyk terms used
Notes
Bibliography
Index