Arab women : old boundaries, new frontiers / [print]
edited by Judith E. Tucker.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)1993.
- xviii, 264 pages ; 25 cm.
- Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies .
"Published in association with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Women's issues in modern Islamic thought Toward the development of post-Islamist and post-nationalist feminist discourses in the Middle East Authenticity and gender : the presentation of culture Women and economic change in nineteenth-century Syria : the case of Aleppo Getting it together : Baladi Egyptian businesswomen Palestinian women under Israeli occupation : implications for development Independent women : more than a century of feminism in Egypt Transforming culture or fostering second-hand consciousness? : Women's front organizations and revolutionary parties - the Sudan case -- Sondra Hale -- Palestinian women and politics in Lebanon The Arab family in history : "otherness" and the study of the family Changing gender relations in a Moroccan town Rebellion, maturity, and the social context : Arab women's special contribution to literature Barbara F. Stowasser -- Mervat Hatem -- Julie M. Peteet -- Margaret L. Meriwether -- Evelyn Aleene Early -- Souad Dajani -- Margot Badran -- Rosemary Sayrigh -- Judith E. Tucker -- Susan Schaefer Davis -- Evelyne Accad.
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Women--Social conditions.--Arab countries Women--Economic conditions.--Arab countries Feminism--Arab countries.