Informationen zum Autor Zulfiya Tursunova earned her doctorate in peace and conflict studies at the A.V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice at the University of Manitoba. Klappentext Women's Lives and Livelihoods in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan examines women's livelihood activities in response to land tenure changes in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Zulfiya Tursunova shows how women's multi-dimensional empowerment is achieved by accessing natural resources and markets central in maintaining the well-being of people, joining women's saving rotating networks to diminish economic dependency on men and state micro-loan bank systems, and participating in healing rituals to address socio-economic issues and strive for social justice, knowledge, and community development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii Chapter 1Introduction 1 Chapter 2Women's Rituals: Sacred Spaces of Knowledge 23 and Empowerment Chapter 3"The Imperial Pleasure:" Construction and the 45 Representation of Women Chapter 4Women's Constraints and Empowerment in 71 Livelihood Strategies Chapter 5 Women, Islam, and Livelihood Strategies 103 Chapter 6 Gap as a Space of Agency, Power, and Knowledge 115 Chapter 7"Cutting the Knots:" Ceremonies of Healing 139 and Peacebuilding Chapter 8Conclusion: Grassroot Structures of Empowerment 173 and Peacebuilding Glossary181 Appendix-A187 Bibliography 199 Index 215 About the Author221

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Women's Lives and Livelihoods in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan examines women’s livelihood activities in response to land tenure changes in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Zulfiya Tursunova shows how women’s multi-dimensional empowerment is achieved by accessing natural resources and markets central in maintaining the well-being of people, joining women’s saving rotating networks to diminish economic dependency on men and state micro-loan bank systems, and participating in healing rituals to address socio-economic issues and strive for social justice, knowledge, and community development.

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Contents

Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xiii

Chapter 1Introduction 1
Chapter 2Women's Rituals: Sacred Spaces of Knowledge 23
and Empowerment
Chapter 3"The Imperial Pleasure:" Construction and the 45
Representation of Women
Chapter 4Women's Constraints and Empowerment in 71
Livelihood Strategies
Chapter 5 Women, Islam, and Livelihood Strategies 103
Chapter 6 Gap as a Space of Agency, Power, and Knowledge 115
Chapter 7"Cutting the Knots:" Ceremonies of Healing 139
and Peacebuilding
Chapter 8Conclusion: Grassroot Structures of Empowerment 173
and Peacebuilding

Glossary181
Appendix-A187
Bibliography 199
Index 215
About the Author221