Representations of Armed Women in Soviet and Post-Soviet Tajikistan: Describing and Restricting Women’s Agency

In both Soviet and post-Soviet Tajikistan, representations of armed women are a key propaganda topic for the regime, as it allows the production and imposition of gender roles, including norms of femininity. This article analyses the representations of armed women presented in both the state press a...

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Main Author: Lucia Direnberger
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Sociétés et les Institutions Post-Soviétiques 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/pipss/4249