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Contesting realities : the public sphere and morality in southern Yemen /

Aden, the former capital of the only Marxist republic in the Arab world, has returned to the headlines as the scene of a popular uprising against the tribal-military rule of present-day Yemen. Dahlgren traces the social and political history of Aden from the late British colonial era, exploring the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dahlgren, Susanne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From colonialism to a neocolonial state
  • Law and court : the making of familial ideologies during the Colonial era
  • The making of the new Yemeni woman
  • "This is our customs and traditions"
  • Five social maps and a mystery
  • Morality, causality, and social praxis.