Re-feminizing the post-soviet women: identity, politics and virginity ceremonies in contemporary Kyrgyzstan
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DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2020.1758043
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper analyses complex linkages between gender, nationalism and body politics in post-socialist Kyrgyzstan through an exploration of social practices centred on female virginity. Drawing on ethnographic material, I illustrate how virginity is glorified… read more here.
Keywords: virginity; national identity; identity politics; post ... See more keywords