Veiled empire : gender & power in Stalinist Central Asia /

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.

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Main Author: Northrop, Douglas Taylor
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Series:EBSCO Academic Collection
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Veiled empire : gender & power in Stalinist Central Asia / by Northrop, Douglas Taylor

Published 2004
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