Chapter 7: What is Work and Why Do It?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Inhalt 7
3. Acknowledgments 9
4. Ыраазычылык 11
5. Аннотация: Summary in Kyrgyz 14
6. Note on Transliteration 17
7. Chapter 1: Introduction 20
8. Part I: Interactions in Three Significant Places
9. Chapter 2: Knowing and Living Pastures 47
10. Chapter 3: Damming the Naryn River 85
11. Chapter 4: Visiting Mazars 111
12. Part II: Timing Places
13. Chapter 5: Coping with Continuity: Between Epics and Life Stories 135
14. Chapter 6: Commemorating Change: Between Collectivisation and Privatisation 171
15. Part III: Working and Enjoying Places
16. Chapter 7: What is Work and Why Do It? 213
17. Chapter 8: Celebrating Places: Picnics, Poetry and Song 251
18. Chapter 9: Conclusion 291
19. Glossary 307
20. Bibliography 313
21. Index 347