Internet and Gender in Kazakhstan - A Decolonial Feminist Perspective on Womens Roles in the Digital Age

This book offers an empirically rich and theoretically compelling analysis of how the Internet is influencing societal attitudes towards women's roles and agency in Kazakhstan. It will be of interest to media studies, women's rights, LGBTQ+, feminist activism, gender-based violence, and Central Asian Studies.

List of contents

Introduction: A Decolonial Feminist Introduction to the Internet & Gender Roles in Kazakhstan; Chapter 1. Kazakh Femininity and Masculinity in the Information Age; Chapter 2. Re- or Detraditionalizing Discourses on Kazakhstan's Internet? Chapter 3. Love at First Click: Kazakh Marriage in the Third Millennium; Chapter 4. Social Media: A Tool for Enhancing Women's Agency in Kazakhstan; Concluding Thoughts and Suggestions; Index

About the author

Jasmin Dall'Agnola is a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D-GESS) in Zurich, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the relationship between gender, technology, and surveillance in authoritarian societies. She has published widely in scholarly journals including Surveillance & Society and is the Associate Editor for Research Notes at Central Asian Survey.

Product details

• Authors: Jasmin Dall’Agnola, Jasmin (Swiss Federal Institute of Tec Dallagnola
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032744674
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274467-4
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Central Asian Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, Media Studies, Sociology, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Politics & government, Humanities, Feminism & feminist theory, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies