Lost Voices : Central Asian Women Confronting Transition
Yvonne. Corcoran-Nantes
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
| Medvirkende | Corcoran-Nantes, Yvonne. (Author)
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| Utgitt | London : : Zed Books, , 2005.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (225 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Notes; 1 | Seeing through Western eyes and the sound of Western voices; Debating the 'woman question' post-perestroika ; Changing position: insiders and outsiders past and present ; Central Asian women - the lost voices ; Notes; 2 | Gender, Islam and nationalism: subterfuge and resistance in the Soviet era ; The institutionalization of Soviet gender equality - the challenge to shariat and adat law; The 'Offensive': the imposition of Khudjum and the unveiling of women. - A right to choose?: women, reproduction and health Towards a healthy generation? ; Notes; 5 | Faith, community and fire: women, Islam and the family ; Otines - women as guardians of the faith ; Solidarity, tradition and belonging: women, family and community ; Facing the backlash - tradition, marriage and the spectre of domestic violence ; Notes; 6 | Climbing the political mountain - female empowerment and disempowerment in a post-Soviet era; Finding a way through - political representation in Soviet and post-Soviet politics. - From insiders to outsiders - female representation in a post-Soviet era Making the change: from government organizations to non-government organizations ; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - Throwing down the gauntlet - the role of the Zhenotdel in female emancipation in Central Asia Moving forward, looking back ; Notes; 3 | The private and public face of economic emancipation: gender, work and education ; Educating women: a flawed opportunity ; The demise of the 'surrogate proletariat': women, work and de facto inequality ; Facing the change: female unemployment, training and opportunity in the transition period ; Notes; 4 | A healthy generation: women, environment and reproductive health ; After the fallout: women and the environmental crisis. - 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 Soviet regime offered many women considerable status and personal freedom in public life but these gains have been rapidly eroded in the process of 'democratization'. Opportunities for women have entered into serious decline in terms of employment, education and socio-political status. Unlike many
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Asia, Central - Politics and government Muslim women - Economic conditions - Asia, Central Muslim women - Social conditions - Asia, Central Vis mer... Post-communism - Asia, Central
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| ISBN | 1842775367. - 1842775375
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