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Women and war in the Middle East : transnational perspectives / edited by Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Middle East--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women and war--Middle East.
- Women and war.
- Women--Services for--Middle East--International cooperation.
- Women--Iraq.
- Women--Palestine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Women and War in the Middle East provides a critical examination of the relationship between gender and transnationalism in the context of war, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in the Middle East.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Women and war in the Middle East : transnational perspectives / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt
- pt. I. Gendering the neoliberal imperial project. Gendering informal economies in Iraq / V. Spike Peterson ; United States, the Iraqi women's diaspora and women's 'empowerment' in Iraq / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt ; 'Post-war reconstruction', imperialism and Kurdish women's NGOs / Shahrzad Mojab
- pt. II. Revisiting transnational women's activism in the context of conflict, post-conflict reconstruction and peace-building. Gender mainstreaming and feminist organizing in the Middle East and North Africa / Isis Nusair ; 'Here, it's not about conflict resolution
- we can only resist' : Palestinian women's activism in conflict resolution and non-violent resistance / Sophie Richter-Devroe
- pt. III. Gender, citizenship and post-conflict reconstruction. Fragmented citizenship : communalism, ethnicity and gender in Iraq / Martina Kamp ; Gendered Palestinian citizenship : women, legal pluralism and post-conflict aid / Riina Isotalo ; Conclusion : gendering war and transnationalism in the Middle East / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612453519
- 9781350224056
- 1350224057
- 9781848138049
- 1848138040
- 9781282453517
- 1282453513
- 9781848131873
- 1848131879
- OCLC:
- 609900487
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