Dupree, Louis. "Uzbek (Afghanistan)." In Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey, edited by Richard V. Weekes, 464-469. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
Dupree briefly describes the animals, diet (including kumis), social structure, housing, and sports of the Uzbeks in Afghanistan during Soviet times. He could have said more about the religious practice of these Uzbeks. (cf Montgomery)
Comments: 2/3/10
It interesting that this book separates Uzbeks in Afghanistan from Uzbeks in the Soviet Union. Given that there are many more Tajiks in Afghanistan than Uzbeks, why is there not a separate chapter for Tajiks from Afghanistan, especially when this chapter talks a lot about the interaction between the Tajiks and the Uzbeks. Here is one saying quoted in the chapter on page 467 to demonstrate the competition between the two groups: "When a Tajik tells the truth, he has a fit of colic."
Descriptors: 1970s, Afghanistan, anthropology, chapter, D, ethnography, identity, Soviet, Uzbeks