Northrop, Douglas. "Subaltern Dialogues: Subversion and Resistance in Soviet Uzbek Family Law." Slavic Review 60, no. 1 (2001): 115-139.
Northrop reviews the Soviet attempt to change Uzbek family life through law (byt crimes) and the complications that are inherent with such law reform projects. He first reviews how the Soviets chose which traditions to criminalize, then how they attempted to enforce those crimes, the local reaction to enforcement, and finally the negotiated outcome. He uses local archives, Uzbek and Russian language materials, and contemporary scholarship as sources. This article is part of his book Veiled Empire. He also wrote, "The Limits of Liberation."
Sections: Custom Criminalized: Defining a Canon of "Byt Crimes;" Soviet Law as a Starting Point: Negotiation, Subversion, Creativity; Reworking Bolshevism from Within: The Uzbek Soviet Apparatus; Languages of Power: Uzbeks Outside the Party.
Descriptors: 2000s, archival, bibliographic, bride price, divorce, history, Islamic law, journal, marriage, N, reform, Soviet, Uzbekistan, Uzbeks, women; Zhenotdel, qalin.
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National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, The. "Vladimir I. Toumanoff Virtual Library." The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, http://www.nceeer.org/toumanoff.php.
The Library contains several hundred of the working papers submitted to NCEEER by scholars under their grants over the last two decades. Accordingly, this collection captures the efforts of some of our country's best researchers and analysts on the politics, history, sociology, economics and/or foreign policy of the states of the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.Many works on Islam in Central Asia are included in this online database which contains papers from 1998. Earlier papers are available through the University of Washington Libraries. For those papers, search Catalog. Seat Working paper and abstracts since 2001 are arranged by date. There is also an annotated bibliography of working papers from 1980 to 2000. Descriptors: bibliography, N, post-Soviet, Soviet, website
Niyazi, Aziz. "Islam and Tajikistan's Human and Ecological Crisis." In Civil society in Central Asia, edited by M. Holt Ruffin and Daniel Waugh, 180-197. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999.
On page 180, Niyazi describes his thesis and chapter as follows: "In Tajikistan, traditional Islamic values, which are concerned with a balanced approach to human development and the conservation of natural resources, may be the key to stable long-term development. This essay will review the nature of Islam in Tajikistan, discuss the connection between the 'Islamic revival' there and the crisis that erupted in the 1990s, and then propose in general terms the way in which local tradition may hold the solution to problems of stable development." In the section on tradition, Niyazi discusses Sufism, shrines, and sacred places. The chapter notes have long explanations and cite English and Russian sources.
Contents: Tradition; The Industrial Onslaught-The Islamic Response; Wider Implications; Traditional Society and Contemporary Problems of Stable Development; notes. Descriptors: 1990s, bibliographic, chapter, history, N, post-Soviet, reform, Tajikistan.
On page 180, Niyazi describes his thesis and chapter as follows: "In Tajikistan, traditional Islamic values, which are concerned with a balanced approach to human development and the conservation of natural resources, may be the key to stable long-term development. This essay will review the nature of Islam in Tajikistan, discuss the connection between the 'Islamic revival' there and the crisis that erupted in the 1990s, and then propose in general terms the way in which local tradition may hold the solution to problems of stable development." In the section on tradition, Niyazi discusses Sufism, shrines, and sacred places. The chapter notes have long explanations and cite English and Russian sources.
Contents: Tradition; The Industrial Onslaught-The Islamic Response; Wider Implications; Traditional Society and Contemporary Problems of Stable Development; notes. Descriptors: 1990s, bibliographic, chapter, history, N, post-Soviet, reform, Tajikistan.
Krämer, Gudrun, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, and Everett Rowson, eds. Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Brill Online, 2010.
The third edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam is similar to the second edition, but it has much fewer entries. Some of the few entries relating to Central Asia include Astana (nothing about Islam) and Babur. Descriptors: 2010s, bibliographic, encyclopedia, K, M, N, post-Soviet, pre-Tsarist, R, Soviet, Tsarist.
The third edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam is similar to the second edition, but it has much fewer entries. Some of the few entries relating to Central Asia include Astana (nothing about Islam) and Babur. Descriptors: 2010s, bibliographic, encyclopedia, K, M, N, post-Soviet, pre-Tsarist, R, Soviet, Tsarist.
Northrop, Douglas. "The Limits of Liberation: Gender, Revolution, and the Veil in Everyday Life in Soviet Uzbekistan." In Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present, edited by Jeff Sahadeo and Russell Zanca, 89-102. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007.
This chapter appears to be a shorter version of Northrop's book Veiled Empire. It provides a concise picture of the hujum attempt by the Soviets to remove the veil from Muslim women in Uzbekistan. The Appendix contains a letter to the Samarqand City Soviet signed by 20 female school teachers chastising the government for not supporting them in resulting social pressures when they took off the veil.
Sections: A Quotidian Revolution: Veils and Family Life in the Soviet Empire; Appendix
This chapter appears to be a shorter version of Northrop's book Veiled Empire. It provides a concise picture of the hujum attempt by the Soviets to remove the veil from Muslim women in Uzbekistan. The Appendix contains a letter to the Samarqand City Soviet signed by 20 female school teachers chastising the government for not supporting them in resulting social pressures when they took off the veil.
Sections: A Quotidian Revolution: Veils and Family Life in the Soviet Empire; Appendix
Northrop, Douglas. Veiled Empire: Gender & Power in Stalinist Central Asia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004.
In addition to the hujum (the Soviet effort to remove the veil from women in Central Asia), this book also discusses byt crimes dealing with polygamy, marriage, divorce, the bride price, etc. It has some discussion of jadids (new Islam) and qadimists (old school Islam) and also tangentially discusses Islamic law. Sections: Embodying Uzbekistan; Hujum, 1927, Bolshevik Blinders; The Chust Affair; Subaltern Voices; With Friends Like These; Crimes of Daily Life; The Limits of Law; Stalin's Central Asia; Conclusion
In addition to the hujum (the Soviet effort to remove the veil from women in Central Asia), this book also discusses byt crimes dealing with polygamy, marriage, divorce, the bride price, etc. It has some discussion of jadids (new Islam) and qadimists (old school Islam) and also tangentially discusses Islamic law. Sections: Embodying Uzbekistan; Hujum, 1927, Bolshevik Blinders; The Chust Affair; Subaltern Voices; With Friends Like These; Crimes of Daily Life; The Limits of Law; Stalin's Central Asia; Conclusion
Najibullah, Farangis. "'SMS Divorces' Cut Tajik Migrants' Matrimonial Ties to Home." Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, December 17, 2009, Features section, http://www.rferl.org/content/SMS_Divorces_Cut_Tajik/1896511.html.
This article discusses divorce as an impact of labor migration out of Tajikistan and into places like Russia. It points out that after receiving a text message from their husbands working abroad with the words "talaq," or divorce, many women do not know how to protect themselves through divorce proceedings in state court. Sections: Laws vs. Reality; 'Part-Time Marriage'
This article discusses divorce as an impact of labor migration out of Tajikistan and into places like Russia. It points out that after receiving a text message from their husbands working abroad with the words "talaq," or divorce, many women do not know how to protect themselves through divorce proceedings in state court. Sections: Laws vs. Reality; 'Part-Time Marriage'
Najibullah, Farangis. "In Central Asia, Unofficial Madrasahs Raise Official Fears" Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, January 27, 2010, Features section, http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Central_Asia_Unofficial_Madrasahs_Raise_Official_Fears_/1935068.html.
This articles discusses families that send their children to unofficial madrasas overseas. The fear is that since many of the overseas madrasas are not sanctioned by the domestic state, the children will bring back radical ideas.
Contents: Unsanctioned Education; Anti-Extremist Efforts. Descriptors: 2010s, e-news, interview, journalism, madrasa, N, post-Soviet, state control.
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