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Iraqi women : untold stories from 1948 to the present /
Nadje Al-Ali challenges the myths and misconceptions which have dominated debates about Iraqi women, bringing a much needed gender perspective to bear on the central political issue of our time. She traces the political history of Iraq from post-colonial independence, to the emergence of a women?s m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Zed Books,
2007.
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| Colección: | History Reference Center.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Nadje Al-Ali challenges the myths and misconceptions which have dominated debates about Iraqi women, bringing a much needed gender perspective to bear on the central political issue of our time. She traces the political history of Iraq from post-colonial independence, to the emergence of a women?s movement in the 1950s and Saddam Hussein?s early policy of state feminism. The book also discusses the increases in social conservatism, domestic violence and prostitution, and shows that, far from being passive victims, Iraqi women have been, and continue to be, key political actors. Following the i. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781848131064 1848131062 1280833017 9781280833014 9781848137127 1848137125 9786610833016 661083301X |