Uyat and the culture of shame in Central Asia / Hélène Thibault, Jean-François Caron, editors.
2022
BF575.S45
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Title
Uyat and the culture of shame in Central Asia / Hélène Thibault, Jean-François Caron, editors.
ISBN
9789811943287 (electronic bk.)
9811943281 (electronic bk.)
9789811943270
9811943273
9811943281 (electronic bk.)
9789811943270
9811943273
Published
Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 176 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-4328-7 doi
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BF575.S45
Dewey Decimal Classification
152.4
Summary
"An excellent addition to the literature on Central Asia! This volume makes a welcome and important contribution to the scarce scholarship on shame. This is crucial for understanding social mores and the preservation of social order in honour-and-shame societies. The focus on gender and sexuality here is especially appreciated." ---Dr. Colette Harris, SOAS University of London, England 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. Hélène Thibault is an Assistant 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.
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Steppe and beyond. 2524-8367
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Table of Contents
An overview of shame and its manifestation in Central Asia
Conceptualizing shame
Purity vs. safety : how Uyat undermines youth's sexual literacy in Kazakhstan
"Uyat emes" or the process of de-shaming in Kazakhstan
Ashamed to mother : the practice of 'nebere aluu' in Kyrgyzstan
The role of uyat or the culture of shame in the regulation of queer subjectivities in Kazakhstan, and forms of resistance against it
Shaming as a form of political accountability in Kazakhstani politics.
Conceptualizing shame
Purity vs. safety : how Uyat undermines youth's sexual literacy in Kazakhstan
"Uyat emes" or the process of de-shaming in Kazakhstan
Ashamed to mother : the practice of 'nebere aluu' in Kyrgyzstan
The role of uyat or the culture of shame in the regulation of queer subjectivities in Kazakhstan, and forms of resistance against it
Shaming as a form of political accountability in Kazakhstani politics.