Social history of women and gender in the modern Middle East
By: edited by Margaret L. Meriwether, Judith E. Tucker.
Contributors: Meriwether, Margaret Lee.; Tucker, Judith E.
Series: Social history of the modern Middle East
Publisher: Westview Press; Brand: Westview Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Women -- Middle East -- History; Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions; Sex role -- Middle East -- History; Feminism -- Middle East
Description: "The book is organized along thematic lines that reflect major focuses of research in this area - gender and work, gender and the state, gender and law, gender and religion, and feminist movements - and each chapter is written by a scholar who has done original research on the topic.

Although structured around the individual author's own work, the chapters also include overviews and assessments of other research, highlights of ongoing debates and key issues, and comparisons across regions of the Middle East.

An insightful introduction centers the various chapters around key theoretical, methodological, and historical issues and makes connections with other areas of social historical research on the Middle East and with research on gender and women's history in other parts of the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Julia Clancy-Smith; title: Julia Clancy-Smith -- Mervat F. Hatem; title: Julia Clancy-Smith -- Mervat F. Hatem -- Ellen L. Fleischmann; title: Julia Clancy-Smith -- Mervat F. Hatem -- Ellen L. Fleischmann -- Annelies Moors; title: Julia Clancy-Smith-- Mervat F. Hatem-- Ellen L. Fleischmann-- Annelies Moors-- Mary Elaine Hegland.