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Author Le Renard, Amélie, author

Title A society of young women : opportunities of place, power, and reform in Saudi Arabia / Amélie Le Renard
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : illustrations
Contents Riyadh, a city of closed spaces -- Getting around -- Coming together -- Breaking the rules -- Consuming femininities
Summary The cities of Saudi Arabia are among the most gender segregated in the world. In recent years the Saudi government has felt increasing international pressure to offer greater roles for women in society. Implicit in these calls for reform, however, is an assumption that the only ""real"" society is male society. Little consideration has been given to the rapidly evolving activities within women's spaces. This book joins young urban women in their daily lives-in the workplace, on the female university campus, at the mall-to show how these women are transforming Saudi cities from within and creat
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Young women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions
Urban women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions
Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Saudi Arabia
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Public spaces -- Social aspects
Urban women -- Social conditions
Young women -- Social conditions
Vrouwen.
Offentliga platser -- sociala aspekter.
Sociala förhållanden.
Unga kvinnor.
Kvinnor i städer.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi-Arabië.
Form Electronic book
Author Le Renard, Amélie. Femmes et espaces publics en Arabie Saoudite. Based on (work)
ISBN 9780804791373
0804791376