Being a Woman and Being a Tatar: Intersectional Perspectives on Identity and Tradition

Being a Woman and Being Tatar uses ethnographic research to explore the complex identities of Tatar women. It invites readers to better understand the Tatar women’s ethnic, religious, and geographical diversity across Eastern Europe and Russia, and is vauable for students and researchers gender studies and cultural anthropology.

Alena Lange (née Shisheliakina) teaches at Champlain College, Vermont, US. She holds a Ph.D. in Ethnology from the University of Tartu, Estonia. Her articles include: ＂Muslim Women’s Narratives of Veiling and Negotiating Identity in the Post-Soviet Context＂ and ＂Nationalism in a Russian Multicultural Region＂.