Damira Umetbaeva
Biographic Data
| ID | 110348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Damira Umetbaeva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Damira |
| FAMILY NAME | Umetbaeva |
| SIGNATURE | UMETBAEVA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Viadrina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Moneylending and Moral Reasoning on the Capitalist Frontier in Kyrgyzstan
This article explores the links between informal moneylending and aspects of sociality and morality. It documents the moral reasoning and strategizing of two female moneylenders who operate in the radically destabilized context of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. By analyzing these women’s lending practices and the way they talk about their experiences, we are able to document in some detail the constitutive intertwinement of morality, sociality, and form…
Stuff of boundaries? Kyrgyz-Russian marriages and the actualization of ethnic difference
What are ethnic boundaries made of? How do people come to experience such boundaries? Notwithstanding the formidable analytic attention to the role and effects of boundary drawing in social life, such questions are rarely asked. We look at the apparently stable boundary between Russians and Kyrgyz villagers in the Issyk-Kul region to trace how its dimensions were naturalized through settler colonialism, Soviet modernization, and post-socialist up…
Paradoxes of Hegemonic Discourse in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
This article analyzes the creation of hegemonic discourse in a post-transformation society by examining representations of Soviet socialism in post-Soviet history textbooks and in the discursive practices of history teachers in Kyrgyzstan. While the textbooks attempt to fix a new hegemonic discourse about Soviet socialism, they also contain contradictory discourses. History teachers, in turn, have appropriated the discourse of the Kyrgyz nation-s…
Official Rhetoric and Individual Perceptions of the Soviet Past
Defining the post-Soviet states’ relationship to the Soviet past has been essential in forming their new national state identities. This article examines, first, how the post-Soviet Kyrgyz state reconstructs its Soviet past on the level of official discourse, particularly in school history textbooks, and second, how history teachers—as professionals and private citizens—relate to the official discourse when making sense of the Soviet past. This w…
Moneylending and Moral Reasoning on the Capitalist Frontier in Kyrgyzstan
This article explores the links between informal moneylending and aspects of sociality and morality. It documents the moral reasoning and strategizing of two female moneylenders who operate in the radically destabilized context of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. By analyzing these women’s lending practices and the way they talk about their experiences, we are able to document in some detail the constitutive intertwinement of morality, sociality, and form…
Stuff of boundaries? Kyrgyz-Russian marriages and the actualization of ethnic difference
What are ethnic boundaries made of? How do people come to experience such boundaries? Notwithstanding the formidable analytic attention to the role and effects of boundary drawing in social life, such questions are rarely asked. We look at the apparently stable boundary between Russians and Kyrgyz villagers in the Issyk-Kul region to trace how its dimensions were naturalized through settler colonialism, Soviet modernization, and post-socialist up…
Official Rhetoric and Individual Perceptions of the Soviet Past
Defining the post-Soviet states’ relationship to the Soviet past has been essential in forming their new national state identities. This article examines, first, how the post-Soviet Kyrgyz state reconstructs its Soviet past on the level of official discourse, particularly in school history textbooks, and second, how history teachers—as professionals and private citizens—relate to the official discourse when making sense of the Soviet past. This w…
Paradoxes of Hegemonic Discourse in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
This article analyzes the creation of hegemonic discourse in a post-transformation society by examining representations of Soviet socialism in post-Soviet history textbooks and in the discursive practices of history teachers in Kyrgyzstan. While the textbooks attempt to fix a new hegemonic discourse about Soviet socialism, they also contain contradictory discourses. History teachers, in turn, have appropriated the discourse of the Kyrgyz nation-s…
Paradoxes of Hegemonic Discourse in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
This article analyzes the creation of hegemonic discourse in a post-transformation society by examining representations of Soviet socialism in post-Soviet history textbooks and in the discursive practices of history teachers in Kyrgyzstan. While the textbooks attempt to fix a new hegemonic discourse about Soviet socialism, they also contain contradictory discourses. History teachers, in turn, have appropriated the discourse of the Kyrgyz nation-s…
Official Rhetoric and Individual Perceptions of the Soviet Past
Defining the post-Soviet states’ relationship to the Soviet past has been essential in forming their new national state identities. This article examines, first, how the post-Soviet Kyrgyz state reconstructs its Soviet past on the level of official discourse, particularly in school history textbooks, and second, how history teachers—as professionals and private citizens—relate to the official discourse when making sense of the Soviet past. This w…
Moneylending and Moral Reasoning on the Capitalist Frontier in Kyrgyzstan
This article explores the links between informal moneylending and aspects of sociality and morality. It documents the moral reasoning and strategizing of two female moneylenders who operate in the radically destabilized context of post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. By analyzing these women’s lending practices and the way they talk about their experiences, we are able to document in some detail the constitutive intertwinement of morality, sociality, and form…
Stuff of boundaries? Kyrgyz-Russian marriages and the actualization of ethnic difference
What are ethnic boundaries made of? How do people come to experience such boundaries? Notwithstanding the formidable analytic attention to the role and effects of boundary drawing in social life, such questions are rarely asked. We look at the apparently stable boundary between Russians and Kyrgyz villagers in the Issyk-Kul region to trace how its dimensions were naturalized through settler colonialism, Soviet modernization, and post-socialist up…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Ambivalence (2 works) · Capitalism (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works)