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This pioneering ethnographic work centres on the dynamics of female authority within the religious life of a conservative Muslim community in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan. Peshkova draws upon several years of field research to chronicle the daily lives of women religious leaders, known as otinchalar, and the ways in which they exert a powerful influence in the religious life of the community.

Women Islam and Identity Public Life in Private Spaces in Uzbekistan

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    Publisher: MP-SYR Syracuse University P
    Publication Date: 11/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780815633730, 978-0815633730
    ISBN10: 0815633734

    Number of Pages: 352

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    This pioneering ethnographic work centres on the dynamics of female authority within the religious life of a conservative Muslim community in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan. Peshkova draws upon several years of field research to chronicle the daily lives of women religious leaders, known as otinchalar, and the ways in which they exert a powerful influence in the religious life of the community.

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