Gender and culture at the limit of rights / edited by Dorothy L. Hodgson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodgson, Dorothy Louise.

University of Pennsylvania. Press.

Series:

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Social conditions.

Women.

Human rights.

Women's rights.

Culture.

Women--Developing countries--Social conditions.

Developing countries.

Social conditions.

Human rights--Developing countries.

Women's rights--Developing countries.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 300 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Penn Press e-books.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

Part I Images and Interventions

1 Gender, History, and Human Rights / Pamela Scully Scully, Pamela 17

2 Between Law and Culture: Contemplating Rights for Women in Zanzibar / Salma Maoulidi Maoulidi, Salma 32

3 A Clash of Cultures: Women, Domestic Violence, and Law in the United States / Sally F. Goldfarb Goldfarb, Sally F. 55

Part II Travels and Translations

4 Making Women's Human Rights in the Vernacular: Navigating the Culture/Rights Divide / Peggy Levitt Levitt, Peggy, Sally Engle Merry Merry, Sally Engle 81

5 The Active Social Life of "Muslim Women's Rights" / Lila Abu-Lughod Abu-Lughod, Lila 101

6 How Not to Be a Machu Qari (Old Man): Human Rights, Machismo, and Military Nostalgia in Peru's Andes / Caroline Yezer Yezer, Caroline 120

7 "These Are Not Our Priorities": Maasai Women, Human Rights, and the Problem of Culture / Dorothy L. Hodgson Hodgson, Dorothy L. 138

Part III Mobilizations and Mediations

8 The Rights to Speak and to Be Heard: Women's Interpretations of Rights Discourses in the Oaxaca Social Movement / Lynn Stephen Stephen, Lynn 161

9 Muslim Women, Rights Discourse, and the Media in Kenya / Ousseina D. Alidou Alidou, Ousseina D. 180

10 Fighting for Fatherhood and Family: Immigrant Detainees' Struggles for Rights / Robyn M. Rodriguez Rodriguez, Robyn M. 200

11 Defending Women, Defending Rights: Transnational Organizing in a Culture of Human Rights / Mary Jane N. Real Real, Mary Jane N. 218.

Notes:

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"Multi-User"

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-282) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812204612

0812204611

OCLC:

794700596

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.