Making Do in Damascus : Navigating a Generation of Change in Family and Work /

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Drawing on fieldwork that spans nearly twenty years, this book offers a rare portrayal of ordinary family life in Damascus, Syria. It explores how women draw on cultural ideals around gender, religion, and family to negotiate a sense of collective and personal identity. Emphasizing the ability of wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gallagher, Sally K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Work and family.
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Identity.
Women > Economic conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Femmes > Syrie > Damas > Conditions sociales > 21e siecle.
Femmes > Syrie > Damas > Conditions economiques > 21e siecle.
Travail et familles > Syrie > Damas.
Femmes > Syrie > Damas > Identite.
Women > Syria > Damascus > Social conditions > 21st century.
Women > Syria > Damascus > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Work and family > Syria > Damascus.
Women > Syria > Damascus > Identity.
Syria > Damascus.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Getting beyond the stereotypes
  • The Arab Republic of Syria
  • Education, expectations, and opportunities
  • Engagement, faith, and family
  • Cutting the melon : choices in married life
  • Paying for the honey : managing work and family
  • Technology, security, and social change
  • Crafting lives : agency and resources under Bashar al-Asad.

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