- PII
- S0869-54150000596-8-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S50000596-8-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue №3
- Pages
- 89-104
- Abstract
- The position of Kyrgyz adat (traditional customary law) on the practice of non-consensual bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan has not been documented nor is there a consensus among the ethnic Kyrgyz on whether or not nonconsensual bride kidnapping is a Kyrgyz 'tradition'. This paper provides a review of the historical and ethnographic evidence regarding the frequency and appropriateness (according to Kyrgyz adat) of non-consensual bride kidnapping in traditional Kyrgyz society before the political, economic and social changes of the Soviet period. The evidence presented by this research discredits the widely held belief in Kyrgyzstan, that non-consensual kidnapping is a Kyrgyz adat tradition that was widely practiced with general social approval in ancient times. The information provided in this paper can be used by educators, legislators and the media to demonstrate that non-consensual kidnapping is not legitimated by pre-Soviet Kyrgyz adat tradition.
- Keywords
- non-consensual bride kidnapping, non-consensual marriage, adat, Kyrgyz traditions, women rights, family, Kyrgyzstan
- Date of publication
- 01.06.2011
- Year of publication
- 2011
- Number of purchasers
- 1
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- 680
RAS History & PhilologyЭтнографическое обозрение Ethno review
- ISSN (Print) 0869-5415
- ISSN (Online) 3034-6274
KYZ ALA KACHUU AND ADAT: NON CONSENSUAL BRIDE KIDNAPPING AND TRADITION IN KYRGYZSTAN
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