Rethinking gender in revolutions and resistance : lessons from the Arab world / edited by Maha El Said, Lena Meari and Nicola Pratt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

El Said, Maha, editor.

Meari, Lena, editor.

Pratt, Nicola, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--Arab countries.

Women.

Women's rights--Arab countries.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How political turmoil and dissent are re-shaping gender roles in the Arab world.

Contents:

Introduction : Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance in the Arab World / Maha El Said, Lena Meari and Nicola Pratt

Reconstructing gender in Post-Revolution Egypt / Shereen Abouelnaga

Resignifying 'Sexual' Colonial Power Techniques : The Experiences of Palestinian Women Political Prisoners / Lena Meari

A Strategic Use of Culture : Egyptian Women's Subversion and Resignigication of Gender Norms / Hala G. Sami

She Resists : Body Politics between Radical and Subaltern / Maha El Said

Framing the Female Body : Beyond Morality and Pathology? / Abeer Al-Najjar and Anoud Abusalim

Women's Bodies in Post-Revolution Libya : Control and Resistance / Sahar Mediha Alnaas and Nicola Pratt

Islamic Feminism and the Equivocation of Political Engagement : 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair' / Omaima Abou-Bakr

Islamic and Secular Women's Activism and Discourses in Post-Uprising Tunisia / Aitemad Muhanna

Conclusion : Towards New Epistemologies and Ontologies of Gender and Socio-Political Transformation in the Arab World / Maha El Said, Lena Meari and Nicola Pratt

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

ISBN:

9781350222311

1350222313

9781783602827

1783602821

OCLC:

909367814