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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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New Books on Asia Announced for Publication in the Soviet Union
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1860
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
Lost Voices
Author: Yvonne Corcoran-NantesPublisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 184813729X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In 1991 the collapse of the Communist Party and the dissolution of the Soviet Union launched the republics of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan into an unexpected self-declared independence and a precarious, uncertain future. Emerging from almost seventy-five years of Soviet tutelage all three republics embarked on a process of radical change. Central Asian women's lives have been profoundly affected during the huge upheavals of sovietization in the 1920s and democratisation in the 1990s, but their experiences have gone unresearched and undocumented. If Central Asia was generally considered to be the forgotten world of the Soviet Union, Central Asian women constitute the 'lost voices' of Central Asia. Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes offers a timely analysis into the lives of Muslim women during the Soviet era, and considers the impact of the shift from Soviet communism to Western capitalist ideals and its impact 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, she 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. As a special consultant to UNESCAP, the author was one of the first researchers to undertake substantial research in the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in the post-independence period and this book is based on her interviews with women from the region from all sections of Central Asian society.
New Books
Author: National Defense University. LibraryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The Malay World of Southeast Asia
Author: Patricia Lim Pui HuenPublisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN: 9971988364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Over 5,000 entries arranged in four parts. Part I comprises reference and general works to provide a guide to information on Southeast Asia. Part II provides the setting of space and time. Part III features the people and Part IV the many facets of culture and society — language; ideas, beliefs, values; institutions; creative expression; and social and cultural change. Within each section, the arrangement is geographical, beginning with Southeast Asia as a whole followed by the various countries in alphabetical order.
Soviet Union
Author: Theodore E. KyriakPublisher:
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Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
The Tragedy of Afghanistan
Author: Bo HuldtPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000357228
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 stunned the world and ushered in a new period of superpower confrontation. Research into Afghan society was severely curtailed, and the ability to research the Afghan resistance was non-existent. This book, first published in 1988, was the result of a Swedish seminar that focused on the results of the war on the people and culture of Afghanistan.
Soviet Union
Author: Raymond E. ZickelPublisher:
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Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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