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A Place for Women Only: Health, Healing and the Divine at an Islamic Shrine in Central Asia

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Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes Gender, Health, and Social Inequality

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Abstract This article analyses the relationships between traditional healing and biomedical practices found in contemporary Central Asia from the late Soviet period into the early twenty‐first century. Gendered demarcation of space, the roles of women as caregivers and protectors of spiritual health in legends and emphasis on life cycle rituals position women at the centre of discussions of healing practices in Central Asia. Through historical and ethnographic work conducted in the Kyrgyz Republic, this article offers a view of women as practitioners and recipients of healing and as producers of knowledge about health and healing.

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