Overview
- Evaluates the role of shame in the regulation of social and political interactions in Central Asia
- Reflects on the impact of the culture of shame on the construction of a gender order
- Examines the role of shame in politics
Part of the book series: The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia (SBSCA)
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This book proposes an interdisciplinary look at the culture of shame in Central Asia and evaluates its role in the regulation of social and political interactions in the region. Contributors demonstrate how 'uyat' relies on patriarchal and hierarchical gender norms that negatively affect women and queer bodies. More specifically, contributors address issues of the taboo of sex education in Kazakhstani schools, favored heteronormativity and its consequences on queer bodies, and the compliance of parents to give their first born to adoption to the husband’s parents in Kyrgyzstan. The book also reflects on how these norms are challenged by young generations. Lastly, the book will also bring a novel reading on local political dynamics by examining the role of shame in Kazakhstani politics as a form of accountability in the absence of genuine political competition. This book will interest scholars of Central Asia, gender theorists, and scholars of post-socialist societies.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hélène Thibault is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Nazarbayev University) and author of Transforming Tajikistan: State-Building and Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia (2018).
Jean-François Caron is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Nazarbayev University) and Director of the book series entitled Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia at Palgrave MacMillan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Uyat and the Culture of Shame in Central Asia
Editors: Hélène Thibault, Jean-François Caron
Series Title: The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4328-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4327-0Published: 03 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4330-0Published: 04 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-4328-7Published: 02 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2524-8359
Series E-ISSN: 2524-8367
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 176
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gender Studies, Asian Politics, Cultural Studies