LEADER 04408nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910457546703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8047-7890-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804778909 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048364 035 $a(EBL)744855 035 $a(OCoLC)756484115 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000687263 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11930718 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687263 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10756235 035 $a(PQKB)10049273 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC744855 035 $a(DE-B1597)563802 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804778909 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL744855 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10493936 035 $a(OCoLC)1178769729 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048364 100 $a20110203d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBazaar politics$b[electronic resource] $epower and pottery in an Afghan market town /$fNoah Coburn 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cStanford University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aStanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7672-5 311 $a0-8047-7671-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGroups and violence : ethnography and suspicion -- Social organization in Istalif : making pots -- How making pots bound people together : the art of finding a bargain -- And selling pots tore people apart : telling stories -- Leadership, descent, and marriage : dinner -- Cultural definitions of power in Istalif : election day -- Masterly inactivity : the politics of stagnation : the director of intelligence -- The Afghan state as a useful fiction : Paktya : eighteen months later -- Thinking about violence, social organization, and international intervention. 330 $aAfter the fall of the Taliban, instability reigned across Afghanistan. However, in the small town of Istalif, located a little over an hour north of Kabul and not far from Bagram on the Shomali Plain, local politics remained relatively violence-free. Bazaar Politics examines this seemingly paradoxical situation, exploring how the town's local politics maintained peace despite a long, violent history in a country dealing with a growing insurgency. At the heart of this story are the Istalifi potters, skilled craftsmen trained over generations. With workshops organized around extended families and competition between workshops strong, kinship relations become political and subtle negotiations over power and authority underscore most interactions. Starting from this microcosm, Noah Coburn then investigates power and relationships at various levels, from the potters' families; to the local officials, religious figures, and former warlords; and ultimately to the international community and NGO workers. Offering the first long-term on-the-ground study since the arrival of allied forces in 2001, Noah Coburn introduces readers to daily life in Afghanistan through portraits of local residents and stories of his own experiences. He reveals the ways in which the international community has misunderstood the forces driving local conflict and the insurgency, misunderstandings that have ultimately contributed to the political unrest rather than resolved it. Though on first blush the potters of Istalif may seem far removed from international affairs, it is only through understanding politics, power, and culture on the local level that we can then shed new light on Afghanistan's difficult search for peace. 410 0$aStanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures. 606 $aPotters$zAfghanistan$zIsta?lif 606 $aPolitical culture$zAfghanistan$zIsta?lif 606 $aEthnology$zAfghanistan$zIsta?lif 607 $aIsta?lif (Afghanistan)$xPolitics and government 607 $aIsta?lif (Afghanistan)$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPotters 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aEthnology 676 $a958.1 700 $aCoburn$b Noah$01026191 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457546703321 996 $aBazaar politics$92456027 997 $aUNINA