Is Gender a Synonym for Feminine or a Useful Category of Historical Analysis? (Review of Womens and Gender History in Kazakhstan)

синоним женского или полезная категория исторического анализа? (Обзор женской и гендерной истории в Казахстане)
Shakirova S.M.
2024 Novosibirsk State Technical University

Vestnik Novosibirskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Seriya: Istoriya, Filologiya
2024 #23 Issue 8 141 - 153 pp.

The article addresses the challenges associated with research in the field of gender and womens history in Kazakhstan over the last decade. Primarily, historians have focused on womens history, examining topics such as the role of women in traditional Kazakh society, the womens emancipation in the USSR, womens daily life, family and marriage relations, and womens education. There remains a lack of clear differentiation between womens studies and gender studies in historical works in Kazakhstan, as most authors use these terms synonymously. A significant portion of the research on the womens and gender history of Kazakhstan is based on archaeology, ethnography, and the theme of “women and war”. However, in recent years, there has been a transition towards gender history, led by the scientific school of Professor Roza Zharkynbayeva from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Professor Zharkynbayevas work critically analyzes gender roles and power hierarchies regarding such topics as women and the Second World War, the heroism of women in the rear, womens toponymy, womens museums, and history textbooks. The article presents the results of bibliographic research that organizes the contributions of Kazakhstani scientists on women and gender issues.

gender history , Kazakhstan , the history of everyday life , women and war , womens history

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