"Nomadity of Being" in Central Asia - Narratives of Kyrgyzstani Women's Rights Activists (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

This book offers a new framework for understanding feminism and political activiism in Kyrgyzstan, "nomadity of being. " Here, foreign information and requirements, even forced ones, are transformed into an amalgamation of the new and the old, alien and native-like kurak, a quilted patchwork blanket, made from scraps. Conceptualizing feminist narratives in Kyrgyzstan, while keeping in mind, the complex relationship between ideological borrowing, actualization, appropriation or self-colonization of "feminist" concepts can expand both scholarly and activist understanding of specificities of post-Soviet feminisms from a historiographic point of view. Kurak-feminism is feminism that is half-donor-commissioned, half-learned through interactions (personal, media, academic, professional), unashamed of its borrowed nature and working toward its own purpose that is being developed as the blanket is being quilted. Weaving in elements from completely different and, to a Western eye, incompatible approaches nomadity of being might pave the way toward a Central Asian reframing of non-Western feminisms. This provocative text will interest scholars of European politics, the post-Soviet sphere, and feminists.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Politics and History in Central Asia
Release date:	2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Syinat Sultanalieva
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	169
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-981-19-5445-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > History > History of other lands Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	981-19-5445-3
Barcode:	9789811954450

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