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Title Surviving everyday life : the securityscapes of threatened people in Kyrgyzstan / edited by Marc von Boemcken, Nina Bagdasarova, Aksana Ismailbekova and Conrad Schetter
Published Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2020
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Series Spaces of Peace, Security and Development
Spaces of peace, security and development.
Contents Front Cover -- Series information -- Surviving Everyday Life: The Securityscapes of Threatened People in Kyrgyzstan -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Note -- References -- 2 Studying Danger in Central Asia: Towards a Concept of Everyday Securityscapes -- Introduction -- From national to human security -- From security as condition to security as practice -- Human security as everyday practice -- The concept of securityscapes -- References
3 Security Practices and the Survival of Cafes in Southern Kyrgyzstan -- Introduction -- Politicization of food and identity -- Food business in the Soviet and post-Soviet context -- Securityscapes: criminals, corruption and patronage -- Elections and politics before and after the events of June 2010 -- Securityscapes after the June 2010 events: alcohol prohibitions and avoidance -- Alcohol prohibitions and nightlife avoidance -- Professional profiles of waitresses: adaptation and avoidance -- Securityscapes: names and music avoidance -- Uzbek name avoidance -- Uzbek music avoidance
'New brand': Uighur cafe and lagman -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Securing the Future of Children and Youth: Uzbek Private Kindergartens and Schools in Osh -- Introduction -- The Osh conflict -- Border issues: language and education -- Local kindergartens: early language skills -- Private schools: safety and security concerns -- University: challenges and opportunities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Selective Memories, Identities and Places: Everyday Security Practices of the Mughat Lyulis in Osh -- Introduction -- Lyulis of Central Asia -- The Mughats of Osh City
Methodological approaches and challenges -- Security practices of Mughat female collectors -- Darbadar -- Shamanda -- Concealment and adaptation of identities in the formal sector of employment -- Security practices in the marshrutka -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 How to Live with a Female Body: Securityscapes against Sexual Violence and Related Interpretation Patterns of Kyrgyz Women -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Research design -- Analysis -- Risk assessment and threat perception: priority attributes, recognition schemes and knowledge about typical courses of events
Societal influences: explanation patterns for sexual violence, societal expectations and related behavioural scripts -- Threat response: securityscapes -- Conclusion: how to live with a female body -- References -- 7 Romantic Securityscapes of Mixed Couples: Resisting Moral Panic, Surviving in the Present and Imagining the Future -- Introduction -- 'Friendship among nations': mixed relationships during Soviet and post-Soviet times -- Romantic securityscapes of mixed couples in Kyrgyzstan -- Living in the moment: losing either the loved one or the family -- a female perspective
Summary Moving beyond state-centric and elitist perspectives, this volume examines everyday security in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and written by scholars from Central Asia and beyond, it shows how insecurity is experienced, what people consider existential threats, and how they go about securing themselves
Notes An impossible choice between the loved one and family: boundaries exist not only for women
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 13, 2020)
Subject Civil rights -- Kyrgyzstan
Human security -- Kyrgyzstan
Social conflict -- Kyrgyzstan
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
Civil rights
Human security
Social conditions
Social conflict
Vermeidung
Unsicherheit
Überlebender
Sündenbocktheorie
Sündenbock
Sicherheitspolitik
Sicherheit
Menschliche Sicherheit
Krimineller
Korruption
Klientelismus
Gefahr
Feldforschung
Ethnografika
Drohung
Bedrohungsvorstellung
Bedrohung
Aufsatzsammlung
Alltag
SUBJECT Kyrgyzstan -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Subject Kyrgyzstan
Zentralasien
Kirgisien
Form Electronic book
Author Von Boemcken, Marc, editor
Bagdasarova, Nina
ISBN 1529211964
9781529211962
9781529211986
1529211980