Gender and Globalization – serie
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15 produkter
Modernizing Marriage
Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Egypt
Häftad, 2018
280 kr
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In 1910, when Khedive Abbas II married a second wife surreptitiously, the contrast with his openly polygamous grandfather, Ismail, whose multiple wives and concubines signified his grandeur and masculinity, could not have been greater. That contrast reflected the spread of new ideals of family life …
La Chulla Vida
Gender, Migration, and the Family in Andean Ecuador and New York City
Häftad, 2007
275 kr
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Chronicling the experience of young Andean families as their lives extend between the Ecuadorian highlands and New York City, this book takes an in-depth look at transnational labor migration and gender identities. Jason Pribilsky offers an engrossing and sensitive account of the ways in which …
Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia
Av Kenneth M. Cuno, Manisha Desai
Inbunden, 2009
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
469 kr
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The essays in this collection examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. In particular, the authors address the impact of colonialism on law, family, and gender relations; the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender …
Policing Egyptian Women
Sex, Law, and Medicine in Khedival Egypt
Av Liat Kozma
Inbunden, 2011
352 kr
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Policing Egyptian Women delineates the intricate manner in which the modern state in Egypt monitored, controlled, and ""policed"" the bodies of subaltern women. Some of these women were runaway slaves, others were deflowered outside of marriage, and still others were prostitutes. Kozma traces the …
Imperial Citizen
Marriage and Citizenship in the Ottoman Frontier Provinces of Iraq
Av Karen M Kern
Inbunden, 2011
352 kr
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Imperial Citizen examines the intersection between Ottoman colonialism, control of the Iraqi frontier through centralization policies, and the impact of those policies on Ottoman citizenship laws and on the institution of marriage. In an effort to maintain control of the Iraqi province, the …
Women, Insecurity, and Violence in a Post-9/11 World
Inbunden, 2017
796 kr
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September 11 has become a temporal and symbolic marker of the world’s brutal entry into the third millennium. Nearly all discussions of world politics today include a tacit, if not overt, reference to that historical moment. A decade and a half on, Winter considers the impact of 9/11 on women …
Feminisms with Chinese Characteristics
Häftad, 2021
453 kr
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The year 1995, when the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, marks a historical milestone in the development of the Chinese feminist movement. In the decades that followed, three distinct trends emerged: first, there was a rise in feminist NGOs in mainland China and a surfacing of …
Feminisms with Chinese Characteristics
Inbunden, 2021
935 kr
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The year 1995, when the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, marks a historical milestone in the development of the Chinese feminist movement. In the decades that followed, three distinct trends emerged: first, there was a rise in feminist NGOs in mainland China and a surfacing of …
Hijab and the Republic
Uncovering the French Headscarf Debate
Inbunden, 2009
565 kr
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The hijab is arguably the most discussed and controversial item of women's clothing today. It has become the primary global symbol of female Muslim identity for Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and is the focus of much debate in the confrontation between Islam and the West. Nowhere has this debate …
Hijab and the Republic
Uncovering the French Headscarf Debate
Häftad, 2009
272 kr
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The hijab is arguably the most discussed and controversial item of women's clothing today. It has become the primary global symbol of female Muslim identity for Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and is the focus of much debate in the confrontation between Islam and the West. Nowhere has this debate …
Bodies That Remember
Women's Indigenous Knowledge and Cosmopolitanism in South Asian Poetry
Inbunden, 2012
457 kr
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Bodies That Remember explores the lives and works of four of the most recognized Hindu and Urdu female poets of the twentieth century. In contrast to much of the South Asian literary criticism and postcolonial theory that concentrates on the Indo–English novel, Anantharam highlights the poetry of …
Women, Islam, and Identity
Public Life in Private Spaces in Uzbekistan
Inbunden, 2014
509 kr
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This pioneering ethnographic work centers on the dynamics of female authority within the religious life of a conservative Muslim community in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan. Peshkova draws upon several years of field research to chronicle the daily lives of women religious leaders, known as …
Nepali Migrant Women
Resistance and Survival in America
Inbunden, 2015
342 kr
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In this pathbreaking and timely work, Hamal Gurung gives voice to the growing number of Nepali women who migrate to the United States to work in the informal economy. Highlighting the experiences of thirty-five women, mostly college educated and middle class, who take on domestic service and …
Women, Insecurity, and Violence in a Post-9/11 World
Häftad, 2017
440 kr
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September 11 has become a temporal and symbolic marker of the world’s brutal entry into the third millennium. Nearly all discussions of world politics today include a tacit, if not overt, reference to that historical moment. A decade and a half on, Winter considers the impact of 9/11 on women …
Nepali Migrant Women
Resistance and Survival in America
Häftad, 2021
216 kr
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In this pathbreaking and timely work, Hamal Gurung gives voice to the growing number of Nepali women who migrate to the United States to work in the informal economy. Highlighting the experiences of thirty-five women, mostly college educated and middle class, who take on domestic service and …
