Cultural histories ofkumiss
Tuberculosis, heritage and national health in post-Soviet Kazakhstan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7100640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gabriel Mcguire (0009-0005-3424-9669, Nazarbayev University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 493-510 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-4937 • E-ISSN: 1465-3354 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02634937.2017.1327420 |
| OpenAlex | W2621742954 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 32 |
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
Ancient history · Art · Economic growth · Economic history · Environmental health · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Population · Praise · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tuberculosis · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · HIV, TB, and STIs Epidemiology · Medicine · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |