Sickle and Veil : Communist Gender and Policies Towards Muslim Minorities in Eastern Europe

University of Toronto Press

Sickle and VeilCommunist Gender and Policies Towards Muslim Minorities in Eastern Europe\nAuthor(s): Ivan Simic\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487546922, 978-1487546922\nSynopsis\nCommunist gender policies were often violent, placing many people, particularly women, in difficult and marginalized positions. Targeted individuals were rarely consulted, yet their clothing and bodily practices were consistently policed and politicized. Across Central Asia, veils, the fez, shalvari, circumcision, and even Muslim names were banned or stigmatized.\n\n Sickle and Veil offers a comprehensive transnational history of communist gender policies by looking at how ideas about gender were crafted, travelled across borders, adapted to fit local needs, and negotiated at both community and personal levels in the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia. Drawing on extensive archival research across six languages and mu.