Veiled empire :
gender & power in Stalinist Central Asia /
Douglas Northrop.

Description

Main Author

Northrop, Douglas Taylor

Language(s)

English

Published

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.

Edition

1st ed.

Subjects

Veils > Veils / Social aspects > Veils / Social aspects / Uzbekistan > Veils / Social aspects / Uzbekistan / History > Veils / Social aspects / Uzbekistan / History / 20th century.
Muslim women > Muslim women / Uzbekistan > Muslim women / Uzbekistan / Social conditions > Muslim women / Uzbekistan / Social conditions / 20th century.
Women and communism > Women and communism / Uzbekistan > Women and communism / Uzbekistan / History > Women and communism / Uzbekistan / History / 20th century.
Uzbekistan > Uzbekistan / Relations > Uzbekistan / Relations / Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Soviet Union / Relations > Soviet Union / Relations / Uzbekistan.
History

Summary

Drawing on research in Russian and Uzbekistani archives, the author reconstructs the turbulent history of a Soviet campaign that sought to end the seclusion of Muslim women. He shows it as emblematic of the larger Soviet attempt to bring the proletarian revolution to Muslim Central Asia.

Physical Description

xvii, 392 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

ISBN

9780801488917
0801488915 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801439445
0801439442 (cloth : alk. paper)

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