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Household and Gender Dynamics in Pastoral Mongolia

Golubski, Alexander
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563525452994042

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2019, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Anthropology.
After 1991 when Mongolia’s socialist era ended, the state implemented neoliberal and free market reforms, which shifted from a centrally planned economy, to a capitalistic system containing free markets and state financial deregulation. Land, resources, and other monetary and fiscal assets were privatized for nomadic herder families, which no longer had to produce for the negdel (state controlled herding collectives). The state granted herders ownership of their resources and allowed them to pursue their own interests. Presently, herding families are experiencing a loss of physical labor and social support within their households. This is attributed to state policy interests, which are focused on the development of urban cities, neglecting the needs of rural communities. This thesis research is focused on the changing household and gender dynamics of nomadic Mongolian families, and how their livelihoods are negatively impacted by the divorce of state social and financial support. I examined why nomadic families are choosing to separate their households as such: men will remain at their primary household, while women leave the primary household and migrate to a secondary household located in larger urban centers with their children for the duration of the school year (September to June), for the benefit of their children’s educational opportunities that promise a diversity of career opportunities. However, this causes financial strain for families because families assume the burden of paying for a secondary household and cannot equally distribute household labor among all members. Families experience emotional anxiety while living separated, which attributes to domestic violence, divorce, alcohol abuse, and adultery. I also examined how nomadic households perceive the current state of herding customs and practices, and the outlook that they have for the next generation of herders.
Daniel Murphy, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Leila Rodriguez Soto, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
37 p.
Cultural Anthropology
Mongolia; Pastoralism; Gender; Householding; Herding

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  • Golubski, A. (2019). Household and Gender Dynamics in Pastoral Mongolia [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563525452994042

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Golubski, Alexander. Household and Gender Dynamics in Pastoral Mongolia. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563525452994042.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Golubski, Alexander. "Household and Gender Dynamics in Pastoral Mongolia." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563525452994042

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