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Revolutionary womanhood : feminisms, modernity, and the state in Nasser's Egypt /
"The first major historical account of gender politics during the Nasser era, Revolutionary Womanhood analyzes feminism as a system of ideas and political practices, international in origin but local in iteration. Drawing connections between the secular nationalist projects that emerged in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The first major historical account of gender politics during the Nasser era, Revolutionary Womanhood analyzes feminism as a system of ideas and political practices, international in origin but local in iteration. Drawing connections between the secular nationalist projects that emerged in the 1950s and the gender politics of Islamism today, Laura Bier reveals how discussions about education, companionate marriage, and enlightened motherhood, as well as veiling, work, and other means of claiming public space created opportunities to reconsider the relationship between modernity, state feminism"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780804779067 0804779066 9780804774390 0804774390 |