Women, Islam, and resistance in the Arab world /

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How are women in the Arab world negotiating the male-dominated character of Islamist movements? Is their participation in the Islamic political project -- including violent resistance against foreign invasion and occupation -- the result of coercion, or of choice? Questioning assumptions about femal...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Holt, Maria (Author), Jawad, H. A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Women > Arab countries > Social conditions.
Women and religion > Arab countries.
Women and war > Arab countries.
Political participation > Arab countries > 21st century.
Femmes > États arabes > Conditions sociales.
Femmes et religion > États arabes.
Femmes et guerre > États arabes.
Participation politique > États arabes > 21e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Political participation
Women and religion
Women and war
Women > Social conditions
Arab countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Women and Islamism in the Arab world
  • Islamic discourses on women and violence
  • Expressions of resistance : women and the Arab Spring
  • Islam and revolution : Shiite women in Lebanon
  • Islam and resistance : Iraqi women
  • The violence of occupation : Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
  • The way forward.

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