How Socialist Emancipation Has Changed Bulgarian Muslim Women
How Socialist Emancipation Has Changed Bulgarian Muslim Women
Author(s): Elena Petkova-AntonovaSubject(s): Anthropology, Gender Studies, Customs / Folklore, Islam studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: LIT Verlag
Keywords: Bulgaria; gender politics; modernization; Islam;
Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses the state politics in regard to the so-called “women’s question” during the socialist period in Bulgaria. The social status of women was perceived as a major indicator of the advance of the entire socialist society. Bulgarian Muslim women were not an exception in this respect. They were part of the integral social change, considering gender roles, gender relations and their gender rights. How has the state politics changed their gender identity, and are the changes still ongoing after the end of socialism? These are the main questions to which the text aspires to give answers.
Journal: Ethnologia Balkanica
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 67-84
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
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