| ID | 126039 |
| Title Proper | Sewing to satisfaction |
| Other Title Information | craft-based entrepreneurs in contemporary Kyrgyzstan |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Botoeva, Aisalkyn ; Spector, Regine A |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article focuses on the reassembling of apparel production in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. We contribute to this special issue on well-being in Central Asia by examining how individual craft-based apparel producers (a subset of producers in the apparel industry) describe the process through which they built upon their Soviet past and reoriented their professional trajectories in a new competitive market environment. These producers locate professional satisfaction in their ability to draw upon and creatively re-employ local knowledge and experience learned in Soviet institutions, ultimately - as they articulate and perceive - deriving pride and well-being from the process of selling highly regarded ethnically inspired apparel products both at home and abroad. |
| `In' analytical Note | Central Asian Survey Vol. 32, No.4; Dec 2013: p.487-500 |
| Journal Source | Central Asian Survey Vol. 32, No.4; Dec 2013: p.487-500 |
| Key Words | Kyrgyzstan ; Central Asia ; Well - Being ; Apparel and Textile Sector ; Manufacturing ; Craft ; Development ; Political Economy ; Identity |