| Description |
xviii, 264 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies |
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Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies.
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| Note |
"Published in association with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Women's issues in modern Islamic thought / Barbara F. Stowasser -- Toward the development of post-Islamist and post-nationalist feminist discourses in the Middle East / Mervat Hatem -- Authenticity and gender : the presentation of culture / Julie M. Peteet -- Women and economic change in nineteenth-century Syria : the case of Aleppo / Margaret L. Meriwether -- Getting it together : Baladi Egyptian businesswomen / Evelyn Aleene Early -- Palestinian women under Israeli occupation : implications for development / Souad Dajani -- Independent women : more than a century of feminism in Egypt / Margot Badran -- Transforming culture or fostering second-hand consciousness? : Women's front organizations and revolutionary parties -- the Sudan case -- Sondra Hale -- Palestinian women and politics in Lebanon / Rosemary Sayrigh -- The Arab family in history : "otherness" and the study of the family / Judith E. Tucker -- Changing gender relations in a Moroccan town / Susan Schaefer Davis -- Rebellion, maturity, and the social context : Arab women's special contribution to literature / Evelyne Accad. |
| Summary |
Under the headings of gender discourses, women's work and development, politics and power, and gender roles and relations, a distinguished group of feminist scholars address Arab women's lives. |
| Credits |
"Published in association with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC." |
| Subject |
Women -- Arab countries -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Arab countries -- Economic conditions.
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Feminism -- Arab countries.
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Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
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Women -- Economic conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176665
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Women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176947
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Arab countries. (OCoLC)fst01240128
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Vrouwen.
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Islam.
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Frau.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Arabische Staaten.
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Femmes -- États arabes -- Conditions sociales.
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Femmes -- États arabes -- Conditions économiques.
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Collection Féminisme -- États arabes.
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Frau. (DE-588)4018202-2
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Arabische Staaten. (DE-588)4068789-2
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Kvinner.
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Araberstatene.
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| Indexed Term |
Feminism Arab countries |
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Women Arab Economic conditions |
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Women Arab Social conditions |
| Added Author |
Tucker, Judith E.
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Georgetown University. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Arab women. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1993 (OCoLC)646875493 |
| ISBN |
025336096X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780253360960 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0253207762 (paper : alk. paper) |
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9780253207760 (paper : alk. paper) |
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