A sound family for a healthy nation

Motherhood in Tajik national politics and society

Bibliographic Data

ID9313402
AuthorsSophie Roche (0009-0001-5196-4139, Heidelberg University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume44
Issue2
Pages207-224
Publication date2016-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00905992.2015.1087486
OpenAlexW2295375480
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited24

Since independence in 1991, Central Asian countries have put great effort into creating their respective national narratives, which are often based on an ethnic imagination. In Tajikistan this included the idea of shaping society via the family unit. Increasingly, motherhood became the focus of attention, which was made possible by merging two concepts. On the one hand, women are considered as “cultured” and educated people who the Soviet Union freed from “backward” traditions. On the other hand, traditions were reinvented such that the woman is considered the ultimate mother of the nation and the backbone of tradition. This article examines the changing status of motherhood in society and politics through efforts to create a sound family and a healthy nation

Art · Ethnic group · Independence (probability theory · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sound (geography · Unit (ring theory · Anthropology · Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Psychology · Soviet and Russian History