Ethnicizing the subject
Domestic violence and the politics of primordialism in Kazakhstan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2266936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Snajdr (0000-0003-2044-7646, City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 603-620 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-0987 • E-ISSN: 1467-9655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00446.x |
| OpenAlex | W2063884477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article examines how people understand domestic violence through primordialist notions of ethnicity in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. Drawing on fieldwork among police, victim advocates, and Muslim activists, I examine how these groups ethnically frame, or 'ethnicize', the topic of domestic violence, its victims and perpetrators, as well as its root causes and possible remedies. From explaining away ineffective policing to blaming past imperialism, I show how ethnicizing violence has political significance for these different stakeholders, whose assertions about gender behaviour and the function of the law compete with one another in a multi-ethnic state's transition from communism. I also discuss not only how these disparate identity positionings serve as local explanations and/or solutions, but also how they may inevitably contribute to concealing the problem.RésuméL'auteur étudie la manière dont certains peuples appréhendent la violence familiale à travers des notions primordialistes d'appartenance ethnique dans le Kazakhstan post-soviétique. À partir d'un travail de terrain dans les milieux de la police, des défenseurs des droits des victimes et des activistes musulmans, il étudie la manière dont ces groupes inscrivent dans une argumentation ethnique ou « ethnicisent » la question de la violence familiale, de ses victimes et de ses auteurs, ainsi que de ses causes fondamentales et des remèdes possibles. De la justification de l'inefficacité policière à l'incrimination de l'impérialisme passé, l'auteur montre comment l'ethnicisation de la violence a une signification politique pour ces différents groupes. Leurs affirmations sur les comportements de genre et le fonctionnement de la loi se font concurrence dans le contexte de l'émergence d'un État multi-ethnique sorti du communisme. Par ailleurs, il examine non seulement la manière dont ces positionnements identitaires disparates servent d'explications et ou de solutions locales, mais aussi comment ils peuvent inévitablement contribuer à masquer le problème
Criminology · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Subject (documents · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Philosophy · Soviet and Russian History
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |