Afghan women : identity and invasion / Elaheh Rostami-Povey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rostami-Povey, Elaheh, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Afghanistan.

Women.

Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions.

Women--Afghanistan--Economic conditions.

Sex discrimination against women--Afghanistan.

Sex discrimination against women.

Afghanistan--Social life and customs.

Afghanistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book looks at how women have fought repression and challenged stereotypes, both within Afghanistan and in diasporas in Iran, Pakistan, the US and the UK. Looking at issues from violence under the Taliban and the impact of 9/11 to the role of NGOs and the growth in the opium economy, Rostami-Povey gets behind the media hype and presents a vibrant and diverse picture of these women's lives. The future of women's rights in Afghanistan, she argues, depends not only on overcoming local male domination, but also on challenging imperial domination and blurring the growing divide between the West and the Muslim world. Ultimately, these global dynamics may pose a greater threat to the freedom and autonomy of women in Afghanistan and throughout the world."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Resistance and struggle under the Taliban

Under invasion

Exile and identity

Challenging domination.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786611258726

9781350218062

1350218065

9781848135994

1848135998

9781848130487

1848130481

9781281258724

1281258725

OCLC:

313062095