 | Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia Subjects: Women and communism -- Uzbekistan -- History -- 20th century; Muslim women -- Uzbekistan -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Veils -- Social aspects -- Uzbekistan -- History -- 20th century; Soviet Union -- Relations -- Uzbekistan; Uzbekistan -- Relatio; Drawing on extensive research in the archives of Russia and Uzbekistan, Douglas Northrop here reconstructs the turbulent history of a Soviet campaign that sought to end the seclusion of Muslim women. In Uzbekistan it focused above all on a massive... Douglas Northrop is Associate Professor of modern Central Asian studies at the University of Michigan. |
