Veiled Empire : Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia.

Drawing on extensive research in the archives of Russia and Uzbekistan, Douglas Northrop here reconstructs the turbulent history of a Soviet campaign that sought to end the seclusion of Muslim women. In Uzbekistan it focused above all on a massive effort to eliminate the heavy horsehair-and-cotton v...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Northrop, Douglas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Women and communism > Uzbekistan > History > 20th century.
Muslim women > Uzbekistan > Social conditions > 20th century.
Veils > Social aspects > Uzbekistan > History > 20th century.
Femmes et communisme > Ouzbékistan > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Musulmanes > Ouzbékistan > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Voiles (Coiffures) > Aspect social > Ouzbékistan > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Muslim women > Social conditions.
Veils > Social aspects.
Women and communism.
Uzbekistan.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Veiled EMPIRE; CONTENTS; List of Maps; Source Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1 . Embodying Uzbekistan; 2. Hujum, 1927; 3. Bolshevik Blinders; 4. The Chust Affair; 5. Subaltern Voices; 6. With Friends Like These; 7. Crimes of Daily Life; 8. The Limits of Law; 9. Stalin's Central Asia?; Conclusion; Appendix; Glossary; Note on Sources; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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