Veiled and Unveiled in Chechnya and Daghestan

Fascinating ethnography of women in the Caucasus living through a period of Islamic revivalism

About the author

Iwona Kaliszewska has been researching the North Caucasus since 2004. She teaches anthropology at the University of Warsaw. She is currently a visiting scholar at University of California, Berkelely at the Institute of Slavic, East European and Euroasian Studies. Maciej Falkowski is a political scientist and journalist based at the Centre for Eastern Studies in Warsaw.

Summary

Fascinating ethnography of women in the Caucasus living through a period of Islamic revivalism

Product details

• Authors: Maciej Falkowski, Falkowski Maciej, Iwona Kaliszewska, Kaliszewska Iwona
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2016
• EAN: 9781849045575
• ISBN: 978-1-84904-557-5
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 225 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Illustrations: illustrations, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Russia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Islamic Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Chechnya