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- Title
FEMALE HEROES IN A MAN'S WORLD: THE CONSTRUCTION OF FEMALE HEROES IN KYRGYZSTAN'S SYMBOLIC NATION-BUILDING.
- Authors
BLAKKISRUD, HELGE; KYZY, NURAIDA ABDYKAPAR
- Abstract
This article explores how Kurmanzhan Datka and other female heroes fit into the heavily maledominated narrative traditionally promoted by Kyrgyz nation-builders. From a reading of state-approved secondary school history textbooks, the article traces the construction of female heroes and discusses how this construction contributes to the gender dimension of Kyrgyz nation-building: What values do these female symbols appear to represent? Which roles have they been assigned in the process of Kyrgyz nation-building? And what consequences may this have for the reproduction of hegemonic gender conceptions?
- Subjects
WOMEN heroes; KYRGYZ; HEGEMONY; SECONDARY school curriculum; NATION building; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
Demokratizatsiya, 2017, Vol 25, Issue 2, p113
- ISSN
1074-6846
- Publication type
Article