Hélène Thibault is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Nazarbayev University) and author of Transforming Tajikistan: State-Building and Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia (2018).Jean-François Caron is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Nazarbayev University) and Director of the book series entitled Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia at Palgrave MacMillan.

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• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Shame.- Chapter 3: Purity vs. Safety: How Uyat Undermines Youth’s Sexual Literacy in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 4: ‘Uyat emes’ or the process of de-shaming in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 5: Ashamed to mother: The practice of ‘nebere aluu’ in Kyrgyzstan.- Chapter 6: The role of uyat or the culture of shame in the regulation of queer subjectivities in Kazakhstan, and forms of resistance against it.- Chapter 7: Public shaming as a form of accountability in Kazakhstani politics.

Hélène Thibault is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Nazarbayev University) and author of Transforming Tajikistan: State-Building and Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia (2018).Jean-François Caron is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Nazarbayev University) and Director of the book series entitled Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia at Palgrave MacMillan.

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• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Shame.- Chapter 3: Purity vs. Safety: How Uyat Undermines Youth’s Sexual Literacy in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 4: ‘Uyat emes’ or the process of de-shaming in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 5: Ashamed to mother: The practice of ‘nebere aluu’ in Kyrgyzstan.- Chapter 6: The role of uyat or the culture of shame in the regulation of queer subjectivities in Kazakhstan, and forms of resistance against it.- Chapter 7: Public shaming as a form of accountability in Kazakhstani politics.

Hélène Thibault is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Nazarbayev University) and author of Transforming Tajikistan: State-Building and Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia (2018).Jean-François Caron is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Nazarbayev University) and Director of the book series entitled Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia at Palgrave MacMillan.

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• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Shame.- Chapter 3: Purity vs. Safety: How Uyat Undermines Youth’s Sexual Literacy in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 4: ‘Uyat emes’ or the process of de-shaming in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 5: Ashamed to mother: The practice of ‘nebere aluu’ in Kyrgyzstan.- Chapter 6: The role of uyat or the culture of shame in the regulation of queer subjectivities in Kazakhstan, and forms of resistance against it.- Chapter 7: Public shaming as a form of accountability in Kazakhstani politics.