Cultural Histories of Kumiss: Tuberculosis, Heritage and National Health in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan
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Author(s)
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McGuire, Gabriel
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Title
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Cultural Histories of Kumiss: Tuberculosis, Heritage and National Health in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan
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Publication Type
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Journal Article
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Language
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eng
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Number of Pages
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18
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Location
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Kazakhstan
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Keywords
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traditional medicine
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food culture
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social practices
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knowledge of nature and universe
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Relevance to ICH Safeguarding
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identification
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documentation
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definition
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awareness raising
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ICH Genre
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traditional medicine
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food culture
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social practices
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ICH transmission
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Description
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In the nineteenth century, European doctors began to credit kumiss (fermented mare’s milk) for the apparent absence of tuberculosis among the nomads of the Eurasian steppe. As European and American medical journals published articles on the "kumiss cure" and Russian doctors opened kumiss sanatoria, praise for the drink’s curative powers was wound together with romanticized images of the nomadic pastoralists whose creation it was. In Soviet and now in post-Soviet Kazakhstan, kumiss came to hold the double status of medicine and of national heritage. Yet if in the nineteenth century, the steppe was notable for the absence of tuberculosis, in the late twentieth century, it is notable for its presence: Kazakhstan, like many post-Soviet countries, is currently the site of an epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Discussions of the epidemic now tangle together concerns over the physical health of the population with concern over the cultural health of the body politic.
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Book/Journal Title
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Central Asian Survey
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Publisher
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis
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Place of Publication
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England, UK
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Date of Publication
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2017
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Volume
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36 (4)
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Pages
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493-510
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Usage
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copyright cleared
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Academic Field
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Anthropology
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Traditional medicine
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Active Contribution
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Kazakhstan, FY 2024
