Poliakov, Sergei P. and Martha Brill Olcott. Everyday Islam: Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1992.

This book is the work of Poliakov based on his more than thirty years of field research in Soviet Central Asia.  Oclott merely provides editing and an introduction.  According to Olcott, Poliakov believes that Central Asian traditionalism ("Everyday Islam") needs to be reformed.  In the chapter on religion, Poliakov discusses madrasas, mosques, otins, mazar/shrine visits, mazar/Sufi sheikhs, official and unofficial mullahs, SADUM, the mahalla, and other topics.

Sections: Map of Central Asia; Glossary; By Way of Introduction: Martha Brill Olcott; Background; Economic Bases of Traditionalism; Traditionalism and the Family; The Role of Religion in the Community (Religious Institutions; The Clergy); Social Dynamics of Traditionalism; Notes; Index of Subjects; Index of Place Names.  Descriptors: 1990s, anthropology, book, ethnography, mahalla, O, P, reform, Soviet