Session 11
Saturday (May 7):
10.30 AM-12.00 PM ET
CHAIR
Alexandra Wishart
(U of Ottawa, Canada)
PAPERS
Aizada Arystanbek
(Rutgers U, US)
“Can You Beat Your Wife, Yes or No?”:
A Study of Hegemonic Femininity in Kazakhstan’s Online Discourses
Sara Hassani
(The New School, US)
Grassroots Struggles Against Domestic Violence in Uzbekistan:
Strategies of Exit and Voice
*co-authored with Tanzilya Oren (Fordham U, US)
Danzan Narantuya
(National U of Mongolia)
Role of Women and Unemployment of Men
Hélène Thibault
(Nazarbayev U, Kazakhstan)
The Politics of Sex in Central Asia
DISCUSSANT
Adrienne Edgar
(UC Santa Barbara, US)