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Peshkova, Svetlana; Thibault, Hélène

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“…As pointed out by Craig Calhoun (2007), 'tradition' is not only a fixed past, rather it is a political project that is continuously reinvented and reproduced. In Central Asia, traditional values discourses generally represent patriarchal and heterosexual normative behaviour as well as a binary view of gender (for example, Peshkova & Thibault, 2022;Kudaibergenova, 2019). In her study of popular Instagram accounts in Kazakhstan and Russia, Diana Kudaibergenova highlights the role of retraditionalisation in defining and regulating sexual identities and bodily expressions.…”

Section: Queer Children and Young People In Kazakhstanmentioning

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‘I Thought I'd Kill Myself When I Grew Up’: Queer Childhood Narratives in Kazakhstan

Levitanus

2023

The Emerald Handbook of Childhood and Youth in Asian Societies

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Recent years have seen the development of new approaches to the study of gender and sexuality in childhood, with attention given to socio-historical, cultural and political contexts. This chapter aims to contribute towards a limited field of research on queer childhood and youth in Central Asia by considering how narratives of queer childhood in Kazakhstan are culturally produced. This chapter draws on the material from in-depth interviews of 11 queer people living in Kazakhstan, focussing on their narratives of childhood. The study exposes the effect of silence about non-heteronormative identities in Kazakhstan on queer children. Narratives of bullying and managing school violence are explored along with narratives of queer childhood within the families of origin. Lastly, the chapter foregrounds instances of agency and resilience, considering how queer children manage to steer themselves away from being an 'impossible subject' and contest dominant societal attitudes and discourses.

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Section: Queer Children and Young People In Kazakhstanmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘I Thought I'd Kill Myself When I Grew Up’: Queer Childhood Narratives in Kazakhstan

Levitanus

2023

The Emerald Handbook of Childhood and Youth in Asian Societies

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“…The scholarship on gendered nationalism in Central Asia discusses the narratives both during the Soviet times and during the independence of the states in the region (Cleuziou & Direnberger, 2016;Kandiyoti, 2007;Peshkova & Thibault, 2022). A recent study based on the discourses of feminist activists revealed several contesting discourses that touched upon "nationalism and decolonization" as well as "oppressive and emancipatory" Soviet legacy (Kravtsova, 2022, p. 83).…”

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Medium of Instruction, National Identity and Attitudes Towards Gender Roles in Kazakhstan

Nam

2023

The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia

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In Kazakhstan, most educational institutions provide instruction in Kazakh or Russian. This research uses the concepts of civic and ethnic nationalism (Smith, National Identity, University of Nevada Press, 1991) and gendered nationalism (Yuval-Davis and Anthias, Women-Nation-State, St. Martin’s Press, 1989) to look at the differences in national identity and attitudes toward gender roles between university students studying in Kazakh-medium and Russian-medium groups. Mixed-methods design of the study allowed the collection of complementary data on the topic. Around 102 ethnic Kazakh university students in Astana completed a survey (56 and 46 students from Kazakh-medium and Russian-medium groups, respectively). Twenty-four survey respondents were interviewed in-depth for complementary qualitative data on students’ experiences of encountering narratives of national identity and gender in school and university classrooms. The study found that students studying in the Kazakh language reported higher knowledge of the Kazakh language, a stronger sense of national identity, and more traditional attitudes towards gender roles than students studying in the Russian language. These findings were likewise reflected in students’ experiences of encountering narratives of national identity and gender in school and university classrooms, suggesting the pivotal role education plays in forming national identity and gender roles.

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Women and Bazaars: Gendering Entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan

Yusupova

2024

International Political Economy Series

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Despite the developmentalist prediction that with growth bazaars will give way to modern firm-type marketplaces (Geertz in JAMA 68:28–32, 1978), bazaars continue to thrive and play an important role in the lives of Central Asian people. Sites of both rent extraction and economic survival, bazaars comprise around 90% of the retail sector in Uzbekistan (Otajonova in Itogi: kak pomenyalsya riteyl i chto s nim budet v 2022 godu. [Results: how retail has changed and what will happen to it in 2022]. Spot.uz. 2021). Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, bazaars emerged as crucial sources of employment, particularly amongst women facing limited economic opportunities in the post-Soviet era. The shift from a planned to a market economy, coupled with weakened legal frameworks and a frayed welfare system, drove women into bazaar trade. Whilst some regarded this shift as a tradition revived, others viewed it as a transgression of gender norms.Whilst prior research on post-Soviet bazaars primarily focused on their institutional roles and functions, recent scholarship has shifted towards exploring the lived experiences of bazaar dwellers. Unfortunately, women’s voices often remain marginalised in these accounts. Drawing upon Scott’s concept of infrapolitics and Kandiyoti’s patriarchal bargain, I delve into the lived experiences of women traders in bazaars, showcasing the ways in which they challenge, renegotiate, and reconstruct prevailing patriarchal norms and gender roles. The bazaar, I argue, serves as a locus of gender norm contestation and norm building.

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Introduction

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

‘I Thought I'd Kill Myself When I Grew Up’: Queer Childhood Narratives in Kazakhstan

‘I Thought I'd Kill Myself When I Grew Up’: Queer Childhood Narratives in Kazakhstan

Medium of Instruction, National Identity and Attitudes Towards Gender Roles in Kazakhstan

Women and Bazaars: Gendering Entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan

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