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This pioneering ethnographic work centers on the dynamics of female
authority within the religious life of a conservative Muslim
community in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan. Peshkova draws upon
several years of field research to chronicle the daily lives of
women religious leaders, known as otinchalar, and the ways in which
they exert a powerful influence in the religious life of the
community. In this gender-segregated society, the Muslim women
leaders have staked out a vibrant space in which they counsel and
assist the women in their specific religious needs. Peshkova finds
that otinchalar's religious leadership filters into other areas of
society, producing social changes beyond the ritual realm and
challenging stereotypical definitions of what it means to be a
Muslim woman. Weaving together the stories of individuals' daily
lives with her own journey to and from post-Soviet Central Asia,
Peshkova provides a rich analysis of identity formation in
Uzbekistan. She presents readers with a nuanced portrait of
religion and social change that starts with an individual informed
but not determined by the sociohistoric context of the region.
Over the past three decades, Uzbekistan has attracted the attention
of the academic and policy communities because of its geostrategic
importance, its critical role in shaping or unshaping Central Asia
as a region, its economic and trade potential, and its demographic
weight: every other Central Asian being Uzbek, Uzbekistan's
political, social, and cultural evolutions largely exemplify the
transformations of the region as a whole. And yet, more than 25
years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, evaluating
Uzbekistan's post-Soviet transformation remains complicated.
Practitioners and scholars have seen access to sources, data, and
fieldwork progressively restricted since the early 2000s. The death
of President Islam Karimov, in power for a quarter of century, in
late 2016, reopened the future of the country, offering it more
room for evolution. To better grasp the challenges facing
post-Karimov Uzbekistan, this volume reviews nearly three decades
of independence. In the first part, it discusses the political
construct of Uzbekistan under Karimov, based on the delineation
between the state, the elite, and the people, and the tight links
between politics and economy. The second section of the volume
delves into the social and cultural changes related to labor
migration and one specific trigger - the difficulties to reform
agriculture. The third part explores the place of religion in
Uzbekistan, both at the state level and in society, while the last
part looks at the renegotiation of collective identities.
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