Arab Women

by Tucker, Judith E.

• ISBN13: 9780253207760
• ISBN10: 0253207762
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-06-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction
Women's Issues in Modern Islamic Thought	p. 3
Toward the Development of Post-Islamist and Post-Nationalist Feminist Discourses in the Middle East	p. 29
Authenticity and Gender: The Presentation of Culture	p. 49
Women and Economic Change in Nineteenth-Century Syria: The Case of Aleppo	p. 65
Getting It Together: Baladi Egyptian Businesswomen	p. 84
Palestinian Women under Israeli Occupation: Implications for Development	p. 102
Independent Women: More Than a Century of Feminism in Egypt	p. 129
Transforming Culture or Fostering Second-Hand Consciousness? Women's Front Organizations and Revolutionary Parties - The Sudan Case	p. 149
Palestinian Women and Politics in Lebanon	p. 175
The Arab Family in History: "Otherness" and the Study of the Family	p. 195
Changing Gender Relations in a Moroccan Town	p. 208
Rebellion, Maturity, and the Social Context: Arab Women's Special Contribution to Literature	p. 224
Contributors	p. 255
Index	p. 258
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