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The book traces the conceptual lens of historical-cultural ‘survivals’ from the late 19th-century theories of E.B. Tylor, James Frazer, and others, in debate with monotheistic ‘degenerationists’ and Protestant anti-Catholic polemicists, back to its origins in Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions as well as later more secularized forms in the German Enlightenment and Romanticist movements. These historical sources, particularly the ‘dual faith’ tradition of Russian Orthodoxy, significantly shaped both Tsarist and later Soviet ethnography of Muslim Central Asia, helping guide and justify their respective religious missionary, social-legal, political and other imperial agendas. They continue impacting post-Soviet historiography in complex and debated ways. Drawing from European, Central Asian, Middle Eastern and world history, the fields of ethnography and anthropology, as well as Christian and Islamic studies, the volume contributes to scholarship on ‘syncretism’ and ‘conversion’, definitions of Islam, history as identity and heritage, and more. It is situated within a broader global historical frame, addressing debates over ‘pre-Islamic Survivals’ among Turkish and Iranian as well as Egyptian, North African Berber, Black African and South Asian Muslim Peoples while critiquing the legacy of the Geertzian ‘cultural turn’ within Western post-colonialist scholarship in relation to diverging trends of historiography in the post-World War Two era. R. Charles Weller, Associate Professor of History (Career), Washington State University, and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Religion and Culture, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Religious studies --- Christian religion --- Islam --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- History --- History of Eastern Europe --- etnologie --- religie --- etnografie --- christendom --- geschiedenis --- Russia --- Ethnology. --- Europe, Eastern --- Soviet Union --- Religion --- Islam. --- Paganism. --- Christianity. --- Ethnography. --- Russian, Soviet, and East European History. --- History of Religion. --- History.

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This book draws on social movement theories and rich empirical data to analyze LGBT protest activity in Russia. It offers a critical examination of the conditions under which LGBT protest activity arises and declines in authoritarian states - including state repression and socio-political discrimination of LGBT people; policy changes that negatively affect the LGBT community; and the motivations of the activists themselves. The author argues that a combination of political opportunity structures, resources, and activists’ perceptions establish necessary conditions for protesting. If any of these factors are negatively affected, then LGBT activists would not be motivated to protest. The volume concludes with a discussion of the implications of Russian LGBT activism in hostile conditions. This book will be of interest to scholars engaged in human rights, social movement studies, gender studies, LGBT rights, and post-Soviet politics and societies.

Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Political sociology --- Social policy --- Politics --- History of Eastern Europe --- geschiedenis --- politiek --- welzijnsbeleid --- sociaal beleid --- gender --- Russia --- Queer theory. --- Sex. --- Identity politics. --- Social policy. --- Europe, Eastern --- Soviet Union --- Queer Studies. --- Gender Studies. --- Politics and Gender. --- Social Policy. --- Russian, Soviet, and East European History. --- History.

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The book examines prominent literary works from the past two decades by Russian women writers dealing with the Soviet past. It explores works such as Daniel Stein, Interpreter by Ludmilla Ulitskaya, The Time of Women by Elena Chizhova, Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich, and In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, and uncovers connecting thematic structures and features. Focusing on the concepts of displacement and postmemory, the book shows how these works have given voice to those on the margins of society and of ‘great history’ whose resistance was often silent. In doing so, these women writers portray the everyday experiences and trauma of displaced women and girls during the second half of the twentieth century. This study offers new insights into the importance of these women writers’ work in creating and preserving cultural memory in post-Soviet Russia. Marja Sorvari is Associate Professor of Russian Language and Culture at the University of Eastern Finland. She specializes in contemporary Russian literature and gender studies. She is author of About the Self and the Time: On Autobiographical Texts by Maria Arbatova, Elena Bonner, Ėmma Gerštejn, Tamara Petkevič and Maija Pliseckaja (2004) and has co-edited several volumes.

Philosophy --- Cognitive psychology --- Literature --- History of Eastern Europe --- filosofie --- geschiedenis --- literatuur --- geheugen (mensen) --- anno 1900-1999 --- Russia --- Literature, Modern --- Feminism and literature. --- Literature. --- Europe, Eastern --- Soviet Union --- Collective memory. --- Contemporary Literature. --- Feminist Literary Theory. --- World Literature. --- Russian, Soviet, and East European History. --- Memory Studies. --- 20th century. --- 21st century. --- Philosophy. --- History.