Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley

"This work provides us with an enduring portrait of a moment after the Kokand Khanate was defeated, when its forms of Islamic rule were officially gone but before Russian imperial law, administration, and culture had come to dominate rural Central Asian communities. "—Acta Via Serica

"Markova and Kamp's translation makes available to English-language readers a resource valuable on two levels. Kamp's comprehensive introduction emphasizes the importance of this work for scholars considering the development of ethnographic method, Russian feminism, and nineteenth-century Russian scholarship more generally."—Religious Studies Review

"Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley is a must-read for students specializing in the history of Russia and Central Asia, women's studies, and anthropology."—H-SAE

"A uniquely intimate portrait of life in an Uzbek village, by turns fascinating and frustrating. Marianne Kamp and Mariana Markova are to be thanked for their fine job of translating and editing this text."—The Russian Review

"A superb example of Russian Orientalism. Kamp's introduction and annotation contextualize this 19th-century work very well. . . . This book is fundamental to the studies of Central Asian history, history of anthropology, gender and women's studies, studies of religion, and post-colonial studies."—Svetlana Peshkova, University of New Hampshire

"I am delighted to see an English translation of this work. It is wonderful and rich ethnography of a type that existed before there were any standard conventions—throughout the western world—for conducting and writing up such cross-cultural studies. . . . Gives us Central Asian perspectives and the observation of Central Asian peoples and their lifeways from the perspective of people who actually lived among them."—Russell Zanca, Northeastern Illinois University