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1031624
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b785994
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Corcoran-Nantes, Yvonne.
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Lost voices : : Central Asian women confronting transition /\ Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes.
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London ;New York :: Zed Books,, 2005.
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1 online resource ([vii], 208 pages)
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1281216089
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: 1848131569
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: 9781281216083
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: 9781848131569
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1842775367
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1842775375
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9781842775363
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9781842775370
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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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 commentators, Corcoran-Nantes offers a convincing argument that the main threat to the socio-political status of women in Central Asia is not Islamic fundamentalism, but the imposition of free market principles and Western 'liberal democratic' ideals. Woven into the text is a also subtle and nuanced analysis of the ways in which Central Asian women negotiate feminism, whether ushered in by Soviet women during sovietization, or by western NGOs in the region today.
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Muslim women-- Asia, Central-- Economic conditions-- 20th century.
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Muslim women-- Asia, Central-- Social conditions-- 20th century.
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Post-communism-- Asia, Central.
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Women-- Asia, Central-- Economic conditions-- 20th century.
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Women-- Asia, Central-- Social conditions-- 20th century.
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Frau
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Frauenemanzipation
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Geschlechterverhältnis
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Muslim women-- Economic conditions.
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Muslim women-- Social conditions.
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Politics and government
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Post-communism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Feminism Feminist Theory.
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Sozialer Wandel
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Strukturwandel
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Women-- Economic conditions.
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Women-- Social conditions.
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Frau.
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Postcommunisme.
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Vrouwen.
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Asia, Central, History, 1991-
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Asia, Central, Politics and government, 1991-
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Central Asia.
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Mittelasien
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| Dewey Classification
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305.420958
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HQ1735.22.C67 2005eb
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71.33bcl
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BE 8623rvk
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LB 44329rvk
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MS 3150rvk
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PO 3030rvk
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| Parallel Title
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Central Asian women confronting transition
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