| Description |
xvii, 279 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
UCLA center for Middle East development (CMED) ; 4 |
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UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series ; 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-267) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: contextualizing gender and violence in the Middle East / Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi -- Conceptualization and theoretical background. Feminist anthropological perspectives on violence / Patricia Zuckerhut -- Armed conflict and gender-based violence. Counter-narratives of Palestinian women : the construction of her-story and the politics of fear / Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian ; Gender, youth and institutional support in the occupied Palestinian territories / Islah Jad ; Impact of armed conflict on gender roles in Lebanon / Lamia Rustum Shehadeh -- Politics, war, and violence against women in Iraq and Afghanistan. War and gender in Bathist Iraq / Achim Rohde ; Violence against Afghan women : tradition, religion, conflict, and war / Anne E. Brodsky -- Religious and social violence against women. Religious-based violence against women, and feminist responses : Iran, Afghanistan, and Algeria / Valentine M. Moghadam ; Strategy in the battles over her : Islamism and secularism / Sherifa Zuhur ; Reproductive health correlates of intimate partner violence in Jordan / Cari Jo Clark -- Gender-based discrimination and legal reform. Legal reforms on violence against women in Turkey : best practices / Pinar Ilkkaracan and Liz Ercevik Amado ; Violence against women in Morocco : advances, contentions, and strategies to combat it / Moha Ennaji -- Language, sexual harassment and media. Women and the violence of stereotypes in Morocco / Fatima Sadiqi ; Dismantling the discourses of war : Palestinian women filmmakers address violence / Nadia Yaqub. |
| Subject |
Women -- Violence against -- Middle East.
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Women -- Violence against -- Africa, North.
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Sex discrimination against men -- Middle East.
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Sex discrimination against men -- Africa, North.
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Patriarchy -- Middle East.
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Patriarchy -- Africa, North.
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Sex role -- Middle East.
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Sex role -- Africa, North.
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| Added Author |
Ennaji, Moha.
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Sadiqi, Fatima.
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| ISBN |
9780415594103 |
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0415594103 |
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9780415594110 paperback |
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0415594111 paperback |
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