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Poslední úprava: doc. Adrian Brisku, Ph.D. (10.12.2020)

READING ASSIGNMENTS

1. Introductory Seminar

· Syllabus of the course

2. Caucasus Identities

· Coene, Fredrik, The Caucasus: An introduction, New York: Routledge, 2009, chapters 3 and 4 (SIS)

3. Gender and Society in the Caucasus

· Tskhadadze, Tamar, “The West and Georgian ‘Difference’: Discursive Politics of Gender and Sexuality” in Maia Barkaia & Alisse Waterson (eds), Gender in Georgia: Feminist Perspectives on Culture, Nation and History in the South Caucasus(New York & Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2018),pp. 47-60.

· Garenne, Michele, Hohmann, Sophie, “Gender Saturation in the Southern Caucasus: Family Composition and Sex-selective Abortion”, Journal of Biosocial Science, 2014, pp. 1-11.

· Sabedashvili, Tamar, Gender and Politics in the South Caucasus, Caucasus Analytical Digest, No. 21, 30, November 2010

· Kamm, Elke, Women and honour in the Republic of Georgia About bride kidnapping and ‘revirginisation,’ a research note.

4. Family and Kinship in the North Caucasus

· Aslan, Emil, An Endless War: The Russian-Chechen Conflict in Perspective, 2007, chapter 1

· Sokirianskaia, Ekaterina, "Families and clans in Ingushetia and Chechnya. A fieldwork report, " Central Asian Survey 24, no. 4 (2005): 453-467, (Taylor & Francis Database).

5.Central Asian Identities

· Roy, Olivier: The New Central Asia. The Creation of Nations. New York: New York University Press, 2005, p. 1-25 (Introduction) Jinonice library

· The Transformation of Central Asia. States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence. Edited by Pauline Jones Luong. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2004, p. 1-26 (Introduction). Jinonice library

· Esenova, S.: Soviet Nationality, Identity, and Ethnicity in Central Asia: Historic Narratives and Kazakh Ethnic Identity, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 22, Issue 1, 2002, p. 11-38 (Taylor&Francis database).

6. Family and kinship in Central Asia society

· Schatz, Edward, “Reconceptualizing Clans: Kinship Networks and Statehood in Kazakhstan”, Nationalities Papers33 (2), 2005, pp. 231-254

· Roche, Sophie, “A Sound Family for a Healthy Nation: Motherhood in Tajik National Politics and Society”, Nationalities Papers44(2), 2016, pp. 207-224.

7. Gender, marriages and inter-gender relation in Central Asian society

· Kudaibergenova, Diana, “Between the State and the Artists…”, Nationalities Papers44(2), pp. 225-246

· Cleuziou, Juliette, Direnberger, Lucia, “Gender and Nation in post-Soviet Central Asia…”, Nationalities Papers44(2), pp. 195-206.

· Colette, Harris: Seductive consumption. The influence of pornography on marital sexual demands in Tajikistan. In: Chic, chèque, choc. Transactions autour des corps et stratégies amoureuses contemporaires. Edited by Françoise Grange Omokaro and Fenneke Reysoo. Berne - Geneve: DDC-Commission suisse pour l’UNESCO - IHEID, 2007.

· Kamp, Marianne: Gender Ideals and Income Realities: Discourses about Labor and Gender in Uzbekistan. Nationalities Papers33(3) (September 2005), p. 403-422 (EBSCO)

8. Religion and society in Central Asia

· Biard, Aurelie, “The Religious Factor in the Reification of ‘Neo-Ethnic’ Identities”, Nationalities Papers38(3), 2010, pp. 323-335.

· Omelicheva, Maryia, “Islam and Power Legitimation: Instrumentalization of Religion in Central Asian States”, Contemporary Politics22(2), 2016, pp. 143-163

9. Migration and its impact on Central Asian societies

· Malyuchenko, Irina. Labour Migration from Central Asia to Russia: Economic and Social Impact on the Societies of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Central Asian Security Policy Brief, OSCE Academy, Bishkek, February 2015.

· Peyrouse, Sebastien, Russian Minority in Central Asia: Migration, Politics, and Language. Kennan Institute occasional paper, 2008.

· Abashin, Sergei, “Migration from Central Asia to Russia in the New Model of World Order”, Russian Politics and Law52(6), 2014, pp. 8-26.

10. Corruption within Central Eurasian Societies

· Cooley, Alexander, Sharman, J. C., “Blurring the Line between Licit and Illicit: Transnational Corruption Networks in Central Asia and Beyond”, Central Asian Survey34(1), 2015, pp. 11-28.

· Borzel, Tanja A, Pamuk, Yasemin, “Pathologies of Europeanisation: Fighting Corruption in the Southern Caucasus”, West European Politics35, 2012, pp. 79-97.

· Holland, Edward, “Economic Development and Subsidies in the North Caucasus”, Problems of Post-Communism63(1), 2016, pp. 50-61

11. Religion and Society in the Caucasus

· Filetti, Andrea, “Religiosity in the South of the Caucasus: Searching for an Underlying Logic of Religion’s Impact on Political Attitudes”, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies14(2), 2014, pp. 219-238

· Bram, Chen, Grammer, Moshe, “Radical Islamism, Traditional Islam and Ethno-nationalism in Northern Caucasus”, Middle Eastern Studies49(2), 2012, pp. 296-337.

· Matsuzato, Kimikata, Danielyian, Stepan, “Faith or Tradition: The Armenian Apostolic Church and Community-building in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh”,Religion, State and Society41(1), 2013, pp. 18-34.

12. The Culture of Retaliation in the Caucasus

· Ratelle, Jean-Francois - Aslan, Emil A., "Retaliation in Rebellion: The Missing Link to Explaining Insurgent Violence in Dagestan," Terrorism and Political Violence, upcoming in 2015,