Mother’S Will

• 1. MOTHERS WILL DURNYAM MASHUROVA

2. Mothers Will: Culture

• Context of Uighur culture in rural Kazakhstan

• • Town of Jarkent

• • Chon Chighan village

3. Mothers Will: Places

• Context of places

• • Kazakhstan

• • USA

• • Rural and urban

• • Real cites

• • • New York on 9/11

• • • Huntington Library

• • • Zharkent Mosque

4. Mothers Will: History

• Historical background

• • Stalin repressions in late 1930s.

• • Broken families

• • Children of Enemy of State

5. Mothers Will: History

• Historical background

• • World War II

• • Soviet regime in rural Kazakhstan

• • Perestroika

• • Modern times

6. Mothers Will: Work

• Strong female characters

• • World War II and women labor in rural Kazakhstan

• • Years of poverty and famine

7. Mothers Will: Family

• Historical background

• • China - Kazakhstan migration

• • Migrations effects on families

8. Mothers Will: Culture

• Uighur traditions

• • Naming a child

• • Funeral

• • Commemoration

• • Muslim holidays

9. Mothers Will: Culture

• Uighur Culture Context

• • Food recipes

• • • Lagman, Zhutta, Manta, Tono Nan, Zhit, Chushur

• • Traditions

• • • Wedding: folk and modern influences

10. Mothers Will : Music

• Uighur music

• • 12 Uighur Muqams

• • Folk music

• • Modern music: group Dervishi

11. Mothers Will: Love

• Developing a story

• • Stories of love as main line in a book:

• • • Tursun and Saadat

• • • Amanzhan and Guzyal

• • • and others

12. Mothers Will: Kindness

• Human relationships

• • Characters from diverse backgrounds

• • • Neighbor Polina and her son Sasha, Afghan War veteran

13. Mothers Will: Names

• Special meanings of character names

• • Mehriban - loving

• • Guncha flower bud

• • Ruth friend

• • Soledad - solitude

14. Mothers Will: Truth

• True Women Stories

• • Prostitution and AIDS

• • Drug addiction and crime

• • Domestic violence and rape

15. Mothers Will: Worldview

• Dialogue

• • Different cultures

• • Different value systems

• Story line

• • Lead character, Mehriban, Uighur writer

• • Opposition character, Ruth, American business lady

16. Mothers Will: Conclusion

• Like Uighur quilt made of little pieces of fabric, the book is made of little stories and has different layers

• • Women stories set in different times (later 30s to present day)

• • Historical background

• • Cultural context

• • Dialogue between Uighur and American characters

• • Hardships made women stronger

• • Story of love as main line

17. MOTHERS WILL Thank You For more information, please visit: www.dmashurova.blogspot.com