Gould, Rebecca Ruth (2007) 'Transgressive Sanctity: The Abrek in Chechen Culture.' Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, 8 (2). pp. 271-306.
Abstract
The ancient tradition of the abrek (bandit) was developed into a political institution during the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth century by Chechen and other Muslim peoples of the Caucasus as a strategy for dealing with the overwhelming military force of Russia's imperial army. During the Soviet period, the abrek became a locus for oppositional politics and arguably influenced the representations of violence and anti-colonial resistance during the recent Chechen Wars (1994-indefinite). This article is one of the first works of English-language scholarship to historicize this institution.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Chechnya, Islam, Violence, Banditry, Criminality, Colonialism, Post-Soviet, Rebellion, Literature, Law |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics |
| ISSN: | 15385000 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1353/kri.2007.0027 |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2023 07:38 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/40582 |
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