| Description |
xv, 244 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. [17] |
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Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 17
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| Contents |
Formal and informal women's groups in the Middle East / Dawn Chatty and Annika Rabo -- Women's NGOs in the Middle East and North Africa : constraints, opportunities, and priorities / Valentine M. Moghadam -- The reproduction of political process among women activists in Lebanon : 'shopkeepers' and feminists / Suad Joseph -- Domesticity reconfigured : women in squatter areas of Amman / Seteney Shami -- Women in groups in Africa : female associational patterns in Senegal and Morocco / Eva Evers Rosander -- Bahraini women in formal and informal groups : the politics of identification / May Seikaly -- The impact of social and economic factors on women's group formation in Egypt / Shahida El-Baz -- Feminism and contemporary debates in Egypt / Nadje Sadig Al-Ali -- From gender equality to female subjugation : the changing agendas of women's groups in Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni -- Women organized in groups : expanding the terms of the debate / Nancy Lindisfarne |
| Analysis |
Women - Middle East - Social conditions |
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Women - Middle East - Societies and clubs |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Middle East -- Societies and clubs.
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| Author |
Chatty, Dawn, 1947-
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Rabo, Annika.
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| LC no. |
97204030 |
| ISBN |
1859739105 (cloth) |
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1859739156 (paper) |
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