Women and Power in the Middle East
Contributors: Suad Joseph (Editor); Susan Slyomovics (Editor)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: December 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780812217490
Subjects: Anthropology; Gender Studies; c 1945 to c 1960; Middle East - General; Social Science; Sociology; Women; North Africa; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Women's Studies - General; Political Science / Civil Rights; Political control & freedoms; Anthropology - Cultural; History; Middle East; Social conditions; Women in politics
First sentence: At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Western image of Middle Eastern women's role in politics is contradictory.