Surviving Everyday Life: The Securityscapes of Threatened People in Kyrgyzstan

doi:10.46692/9781529211962

Moving beyond state-centric and elitist perspectives, this volume examines everyday security in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and written by scholars from Central Asia and beyond, it shows how insecurity is experienced, what people consider existential threats, and how they go about securing themselves. It concentrates on individuals who feel threatened because of their ethnic belonging, gender or sexual orientation. It develops the concept of 'securityscapes', which draws attention to the more subtle means that people take to secure themselves - practices bent on invisibility and avoidance, on disguise and trickery, and on continually adapting to shifting circumstances. By broadening the concept of security practice, this book is an important contribution to debates in Critical Security Studies as well as to Central Asian and Area Studies.

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Frontmatter
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List of Figures and Tables
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Notes on Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Preface
pp xi-xii
- By Nina Bagdasarova
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-22
- By Marc von Boemcken, Aksana Ismailbekova
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2 - Studying Danger in Central Asia: Towards a Concept of Everyday Securityscapes
pp 23-46
- By Marc von Boemcken
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3 - Security Practices and the Survival of Cafes in Southern Kyrgyzstan
pp 47-70
- By Shavkat Atakhanov, Abylabek Asankanov
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4 - Securing the Future of Children and Youth: Uzbek Private Kindergartens and Schools in Osh
pp 71-90
- By Aksana Ismailbekova
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5 - Selective Memories, Identities and Places: Everyday Security Practices of the Mughat Lyulis in Osh
pp 91-116
- By Hafiz Boboyorov, Shavkat Atakhanov
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6 - How to Live with a Female Body: Securityscapes against Sexual Violence and Related Interpretation Patterns of Kyrgyz Women
pp 117-152
- By Kathrin Oestmann, Anna M. Korschinek
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7 - Romantic Securityscapes of Mixed Couples: Resisting Moral Panic, Surviving in the Present and Imagining the Future
pp 153-178
- By Asel Myrzabekova
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8 - The Space– Time Continuum of the ‘Dangerous’ Body: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Securityscapes in Kyrgyzstan
pp 179-202
- By Nina Bagdasarova
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9 - Postscript: Towards a Research Agenda on Security Practices
pp 203-210
- By Conrad Schetter
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Index
pp 211-215
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The Securityscapes of Threatened People in Kyrgyzstan

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures and Tables
pp vii-vii

Notes on Contributors
pp viii-ix

Acknowledgements
pp x-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-22

2 - Studying Danger in Central Asia: Towards a Concept of Everyday Securityscapes
pp 23-46

3 - Security Practices and the Survival of Cafes in Southern Kyrgyzstan
pp 47-70

4 - Securing the Future of Children and Youth: Uzbek Private Kindergartens and Schools in Osh
pp 71-90

5 - Selective Memories, Identities and Places: Everyday Security Practices of the Mughat Lyulis in Osh
pp 91-116

6 - How to Live with a Female Body: Securityscapes against Sexual Violence and Related Interpretation Patterns of Kyrgyz Women
pp 117-152

7 - Romantic Securityscapes of Mixed Couples: Resisting Moral Panic, Surviving in the Present and Imagining the Future
pp 153-178

8 - The Space– Time Continuum of the ‘Dangerous’ Body: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Securityscapes in Kyrgyzstan
pp 179-202

9 - Postscript: Towards a Research Agenda on Security Practices
pp 203-210

Index
pp 211-215

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