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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/64772

Remittances, rituals and reconsidering women's norms in mahallas : emigrant labour and its social effects in Ferghana Valley

英語

gender

2015-09-21

Taylor & Francis

Central Asian survey

35 2016(1)

91-104

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This paper describes recent economic and social changes in Central Asian neighbourhood communities known as mahallas, using data from a town in the Ferghana Valley. First, the paper examines how the increasing costs of life-cycle rituals are damaging the harmony of mahallas. Since 2007, more and more hosts have begun to outsource the provision of food and services for these rituals, using money acquired mostly through emigrant labour. This in turn lessens mahallas’ mutual aid practices, and reveals emerging economic disparities between neighbours. Secondly, the paper argues that emigration has had transformative effects on the lifestyles of Muslim women in mahallas. With the globalization of their economy, conventional local norms are becoming harder to obey, and some young and middle-aged women are choosing to live outside these norms. Dependence on emigrant labour and the associated remittances has significantly affected the lifestyles and morals of mahalla inhabitants.

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Accepted Manuscript

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Central Asian survey on [21 Sep 2015], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02634937.2015.1088229

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1465-3354

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