Azeri Women in Transition : Women in Soviet and Post-Soviet Azerbaijan.

This study of women and gender in a Muslim society draws on archival and literary sources as well as the life stories of women of different generations to offer a unique ethnographic and historical account of the lives of urban women in contemporary Azerbaijan. Focussing on a group of professional w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nfa, Dr Farideh Heyat
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Central Asia research forum series.
Temas:
1900-1999
Women > Azerbaijan > Baku > Social conditions > 20th century.
Muslim women > Azerbaijan > Baku > Social conditions > 20th century.
Femmes > Azerbaïdjan > Bakou > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Musulmanes > Azerbaïdjan > Bakou > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Civilization > Soviet influences
Muslim women > Social conditions
Women > Social conditions
Azerbaijan > Civilization > Soviet influences.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan > Baku
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Azeri terms; 1 Introduction; 2 Narratives of a Community in Transition; 3 The Pre-Soviet Period and Social Geography of Baku; 4 Early Azeri Modernisation: The position of women; 5 The Soviet Revolution and Azeri Women; 6 Professional Women's Coping Strategies: Home and the workplace; 7 Contradiction and Ambiguity: The management of femininities in Soviet Azerbaijan; 8 Economic and Cultural Diversity in the Post-Soviet Era; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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