The Surrogate Proletariat : : Moslem Women and Revolutionary Strategies in Soviet Central Asia, 1919-1929 / / Gregory J. Massell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Massell, Gregory J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University ; 1370
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (492 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; MAP --; PART ONE. Revolution and Tradition: The Initial Confrontation --; ONE. Imposing a Structure of Power in Central Asia: The Determinants of Soviet Success --; TWO. Problems of Access and Influence in a Traditional Milieu: The Quest for Strategic Leverage Points --; PART TWO. Justification for Action: The Potential Use of Women in Revolutionary Transformation --; THREE. Moslem Women as a Surrogate Proletariat: Soviet Perceptions of Female Inferiority --; FOUR. Female Inferiority and Radical Social Change: Soviet Perceptions of the Revolutionary Potential of Women --; PART THREE. Early Soviet Actions, 1924-1927 --; INTRODUCTION. Toward a Strategy of Engineered Revolution --; FIVE. Toward Radical Judicial Reform: The Pattern of Revolutionary Legalism --; SIX. Toward Cultural Revolution by Decree: The Pattern of Administrative Assault --; PART FOUR . Responses and Outcomes, 1925-1929 --; INTRODUCTION. Heretical Models and the Management of Induced Tensions --; SEVEN. Patterns of Popular Response: Implications of Tension-Inducing Action --; EIGHT. Patterns of Institutional Performance: Implications of Tension-Controlling Action --; NINE. Reassessment and Retrenchment: From Legalism and Assault to Systematic Social Engineering --; TEN. Summary and Conclusion: Reflections on the Limits of Legalism and Assault as Revolutionary Strategies --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400870295; 9783110649680; 9783110426847; 9783110413601; 9783110665925; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400870295
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• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gregory J. Massell.

The attempted modernization of Central Asia by the central Soviet government in the 1920's was a dramatic confrontation between radical, determined, authoritarian communists and a cluster of traditional Moslem societies based on kinship, custom, and religion. The Soviet authorities were determined to undermine the traditional social order through the destruction of existing family structures and worked to achieve this aspect of revolution through the mobilization of women. Gregory J. Massell's study of the interaction between central power and local traditions concentrates on the development of female roles in revolutionary modernization. Women in Moslem societies were segregated, exploited, and degraded; they were, therefore, a structural weak point in the traditional order-a surrogate proletariat. Through this potentially subversive group, it was believed, intense conflicts could be generated within society which would lead to its disintegration and subsequent reconstitution. The first part of the book isolates the trends that made Central Asia vulnerable to outside intervention, and examines the factors that impelled the communist elites to turn to Moslem women as potential revolutionary allies. In the second part, Professor Massed analyzes Soviet perceptions of female inferiority and of the revolutionary potential of Moslem women. Part Three is an account of specific Soviet actions based on these assumptions. The fourth part of the book deals with the variety of responses these actions evoked.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.