From the Heart of Kulob

Gender, Personhood and Everyday Life in Southern Tajikistan
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-11-223468-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 462 g

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From the analyses everyday life in Kulob, the home region of Tajikistan’s president and the political elite which has governed the country since 1992. Rather than focusing on the elite, the book asks what it means to be a woman, a man, a Muslim and a moral person for “ordinary” Kulobis, or people who emphasise how their daily lives are characterised by poverty, hardship, and uncertainty. 
Instead of treating gender as being synonymous with “women's lives”, the author considers how shaping gender is a reciprocal process underpinned by intersectionality, patriarchy and structural violence. The chapters address how gender relations, forms of moral personhood and Muslim subjectivities are fashioned via the senses, the performance of emotions, the aspirations for a better life, and a range of forms of humour and steadfastness. 
Unlike studies of Muslim societies that emphasise the centrality of piety and good behaviour to the formation of moral subjectivities, From the draws attention to the rude, transgressive, cunning, funny and contradictory acts that also constitute a fundamental part of becoming a gendered and moral person in Tajikistan. 

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ibañez-Tirado, Diana

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Ibañez-Tirado , University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.