Iraqi women :: untold stories from 1948 to the present /

Nadje Al-Ali challenges the myths and misconceptions which have dominated debates about Iraqi women, bringing a much needed gender perspective to bear on the central political issue of our time. She traces the political history of Iraq from post-colonial independence, to the emergence of a women?s m...

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1. Verfasser: Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:History Reference Center.
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Zusammenfassung:Nadje Al-Ali challenges the myths and misconceptions which have dominated debates about Iraqi women, bringing a much needed gender perspective to bear on the central political issue of our time. She traces the political history of Iraq from post-colonial independence, to the emergence of a women?s movement in the 1950s and Saddam Hussein?s early policy of state feminism. The book also discusses the increases in social conservatism, domestic violence and prostitution, and shows that, far from being passive victims, Iraqi women have been, and continue to be, key political actors. Following the i.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781848131064
1848131062
1280833017
9781280833014
9781848137127
1848137125
9786610833016
661083301X

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