Stereotypes (Caucasus)

Koninklijke Brill, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND ISLAMIC CULTURES: STEREOTYPES - THE CAUCASUS, Vol. 6, pp. 92-93, Suad Joseph, Afsaneh Najmabadi, eds., Leiden, 2007

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Rebecca Ruth Gould

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London; Harvard University - Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Date Written: August 3, 2011

Abstract

Discusses gender stereotypes in Georgian, Daghestani, and Chechen-Ingush cultures, with a particular focus on how these stereotypes pertain to the ideal of female virginity, and how gendered expectations affect women's' lives.

Keywords: Caucasus, gender, abortion, virginity, female purity, myths

Suggested Citation

Gould, Rebecca Ruth, Stereotypes (Caucasus) (August 3, 2011). Koninklijke Brill, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND ISLAMIC CULTURES: STEREOTYPES - THE CAUCASUS, Vol. 6, pp. 92-93, Suad Joseph, Afsaneh Najmabadi, eds., Leiden, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1904365

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