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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: Heyat, Farideh, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
Colección:Central Asia research forum series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.