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1 online resource |
Contents |
Introduction : Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance in the Arab World / Maha El Said, Lena Meari and Nicola Pratt -- Reconstructing gender in Post-Revolution Egypt / Shereen Abouelnaga -- Resignifying 'Sexual' Colonial Power Techniques : The Experiences of Palestinian Women Political Prisoners / Lena Meari -- A Strategic Use of Culture : Egyptian Women's Subversion and Resignigication of Gender Norms / Hala G. Sami -- She Resists : Body Politics between Radical and Subaltern / Maha El Said -- Framing the Female Body : Beyond Morality and Pathology? / Abeer Al-Najjar and Anoud Abusalim -- Women's Bodies in Post-Revolution Libya : Control and Resistance / Sahar Mediha Alnaas and Nicola Pratt -- Islamic Feminism and the Equivocation of Political Engagement : 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair' / Omaima Abou-Bakr -- Islamic and Secular Women's Activism and Discourses in Post-Uprising Tunisia / Aitemad Muhanna -- Conclusion : Towards New Epistemologies and Ontologies of Gender and Socio-Political Transformation in the Arab World / Maha El Said, Lena Meari and Nicola Pratt -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Summary |
How political turmoil and dissent are re-shaping gender roles in the Arab world |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Women -- Political activity -- Arab countries
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Women's rights -- Arab countries
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Gender studies: women.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Women -- Political activity
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Women's rights
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Arab countries
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
El Said, Maha, editor
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Meari, Lena, editor
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Pratt, Nicola, editor
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ISBN |
9781783602841 |
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1783602848 |
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9781783602858 |
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1783602856 |
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178360283X |
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9781783602834 |
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