Kristen Ghodsee | |
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 Kristen Ghodsee in 2011 | |
| Born | Kristen Rogheh Ghodsee April 26, 1970 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ethnography Gender theory Feminism Utopianism Anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Website | kristenghodsee |
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Kristen Rogheh Ghodsee (born April 26, 1970) is an American ethnographer and Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] She is primarily known for her ethnographic work on post-Communist Bulgaria as well as being a contributor to the field of postsocialist gender studies.[2] She was critical of the role of Western feminist nongovernmental organizations doing work among East European women in the 1990s. She has also examined the shifting gender relations of Muslim minorities after Communist rule,[3] the intersections of Islamic beliefs and practices with the ideological remains of Marxism–Leninism,[4] communist nostalgia, the legacies of Marxist feminism,[5] and the intellectual history of utopianism.[6]
- ^ Faculty page
- ^ "Gender, Socialism, and Postsocialism: Transatlantic Dialogues | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University". Radcliffe.harvard.edu. 2012-07-17. Archived from the original on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- ^ Kristen Ghodsee (2010-04-21). "Minarets after Marx: Islam, Communist Nostalgia, and the Common Good in Postsocialist Bulgaria". Intl-eep.sagepub.com. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- ^ Ghodsee, Kristen (2009-05-07). "The Headscarf Debate in Bulgaria". Anthropology News. 50 (5): 31–32. doi:10.1111/j.1556-3502.2009.50531_2.x.
- ^ Review of Red Valkyries in Jacobin Magazine
- ^ Review of Everyday Utopia in The Wall Street Journal