Women's lives and livelihoods in post-Soviet Uzbekistan : ceremonies of empowerment and peacebuilding /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tursunova, Zulfiya, author.
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
Description:	xix, 219 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Women -- Uzbekistan -- Social conditions. Women -- Uzbekistan -- Economic conditions. Post-communism -- Uzbekistan. Post-communism. Women -- Economic conditions. Women -- Social conditions. Uzbekistan.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10073133

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780739179772 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739179772 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780739179789 (electronic)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Women's Rituals: Sacred Spaces of Knowledge and Empowerment
Chapter 3. "The Imperial Pleasure": Construction and the Representation of Women
Chapter 4. Women's Constraints and Empowerment in Livelihood Strategies
Chapter 5. Women, Islam, and Livelihood Strategies
Chapter 6. Gap as a Space of Agency, Power, and Knowledge
Chapter 7. "Cutting the Knots": Ceremonies of Healing and Peacebuilding
Chapter 8. Conclusion: Grassroots Structures of Empowerment and Peacebuilding
Glossary
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Similar Items