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The ideal refugees : gender, Islam, and the Sahrawi politics of survival /

Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarized and patriarchal spaces, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitants have consistently been represented as ideal in nature: uniquely secular and democratic spaces, and characterized by gender equality. Drawing on extensive research with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the "ideal" refugees
  • Engendering the colonial encounter
  • The Sahrawi refugee camps : international and solidarity networks
  • Emerging discourse : concealing Islam
  • Secular sisters, Muslim others, and the politics of survival
  • Discursive silences, "ideal women", and directing aid
  • Conclusion.