Soviet state feminism in Muslim Central Asia : urban and rural women in Tajikistan, 1924-1982
- Degree Grantor:
- University of California, Santa Barbara. History
- Degree Supervisor:
- Adrienne Lynn Edgar
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Barbara, Calif.]
- Publisher:
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Creation Date:
- 2015
- Issued Date:
- 2015
- Topics:
- Womens studies, History, and Religious history
- Keywords:
- State feminism,
Soviet Central Asia,
Soviet emancipation of women,
Middle East and gender,
Islam and modernity, and
Islam and gender - Genres:
- Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
- Dissertation:
- Ph.D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015
- Description:
This research project assesses the Soviet campaign to emancipate Muslim women of Central Asia, with a specific focus on women in Tajikistan from 1924 to 1982. In 1924, the Bolshevik regime began an unprecedented campaign to forcibly emancipate the Muslim women of Tajikistan. The reforms included the unveiling of women, the enactment of progressive family code laws, and the expansion of education for Muslim girls and women of Tajikistan who are ethically Tajik and Uzbek. By the 1950s, the Soviet regime largely succeeded in putting an end to veiling, child marriage, polygamy, and bride payments. Yet today we see a resurgence in practices the Bolsheviks claimed to have eliminated. This study explains why these reforms failed to have a long-lasting impact on rural and urban women of Tajikistan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 pages)
- Format:
- Text
- Collection(s):
- UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
- Other Versions:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3733544
- ARK:
- ark:/48907/f3707znq
- ISBN:
- 9781339218434
- Catalog System Number:
- 990045866280203776
- Copyright:
- Zamira Yusufjonova-Abman, 2015
- Rights:
In Copyright
- Copyright Holder:
- Zamira Yusufjonova-Abman
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