Lost voices : Central Asian women confronting transition /

Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes offers a timely analysis into the lives of Muslim women in Central Asia during the Soviet era, and considers the impact of the shift from Soviet communism to Western capitalist ideals on gender relations in the region. The uneasy synthesis between socialism and Islam under the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Corcoran-Nantes, Yvonne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2005.
Temas:
Since 1900
Women > Asia, Central > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Women > Asia, Central > Social conditions > 20th century.
Muslim women > Asia, Central > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Muslim women > Asia, Central > Social conditions > 20th century.
Post-communism > Asia, Central.
Femmes > Asie centrale > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Femmes > Asie centrale > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Musulmanes > Asie centrale > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Musulmanes > Asie centrale > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Postcommunisme > Asie centrale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Muslim women > Economic conditions
Muslim women > Social conditions
Politics and government
Post-communism
Women > Economic conditions
Women > Social conditions
Strukturwandel
Geschlechterverhältnis
Frauenemanzipation
Sozialer Wandel
Frau
Vrouwen.
Postcommunisme.
Asia, Central > Politics and government > 1991-
Asia, Central > History > 1991-
Asie centrale > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-
Asie centrale > Histoire > 1991-
Central Asia
Mittelasien
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • TOC36;Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Notes
  • CH36;1 ' Seeing through Western eyes and the sound of Western voices
  • Debating the 8216;woman question post45;perestroika
  • Changing position58; insiders and outsiders past and present
  • Central Asian women 45; the lost voices
  • Notes
  • CH36;2 ' Gender44; Islam and nationalism58; subterfuge and resistance in the Soviet era
  • The institutionalization of Soviet gender equality 45; the challenge to shariat and adat law
  • The 8216;Offensive58; the imposition of Khudjum and the unveiling of women
  • Throwing down the gauntlet 45; the role of the Zhenotdel in female emancipation in Central Asia
  • Moving forward44; looking back
  • Notes
  • CH36;3 ' The private and public face of economic emancipation58; gender44; work and education
  • Educating women58; a flawed opportunity
  • The demise of the 8216;surrogate proletariat58; women44; work and de facto inequality
  • Facing the change58; female unemployment44; training and opportunity in the transition period
  • Notes
  • CH36;4 ' A healthy generation58; women44; environment and reproductive health
  • After the fallout58; women and the environmental crisis
  • A right to choose63;58; women44; reproduction and health
  • Towards a healthy generation63;
  • Notes
  • CH36;5 ' Faith44; community and fire58; women44; Islam and the family
  • Otines 45; women as guardians of the faith
  • Solidarity44; tradition and belonging58; women44; family and community
  • Facing the backlash 45; tradition44; marriage and the spectre of domestic violence
  • Notes
  • CH36;6 ' Climbing the political mountain 45; female empowerment and disempowerment in a post45;Soviet era
  • Finding a way through 45; political representation in Soviet and post45;Soviet politics
  • From insiders to outsiders 45; female representation in a post45;Soviet era
  • Making the change58; from government organizations to non45;government organizations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • IDX36;Index
  • Last Page.

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