{"product_id":"gender-and-diversity-in-the-zahia-smail-salhi-9780415549752","title":"Gender and Diversity in the Middle East and North Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe images of women in chadors or burqas as contrasted with images of belly dancers which circulate today as representations of Muslim\/Middle Eastern women do not fluctuate from the images propagated by Orientalist paintings and colonial photographs which also offer contrasting representations of the veiled thus secluded and the naked or semi-naked thus eroticised Muslim\/Oriental woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well as challenging the prevailing stereotypes of the Middle Eastern and North African women, the book aims to highlight the element of diversity which characterises the lives of these women and the regions to which they belong. The sense that most of the Middle Eastern and North African countries are Muslim does confer a common identity, a distinction from others that may serve to bridge wide social, cultural, and economic differences among them. However, it is also important to stress that significant elements other than Islam contribute to the making of MENA societies and women's cultural identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published as a special issue of the \u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zahia Smail Salhi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415549752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415549752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Zahia Smail Salhi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086622535935,"sku":"9780415549752","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_642fb79c-36a5-4543-a651-a317ca998e02.jpg?v=1769095706","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gender-and-diversity-in-the-zahia-smail-salhi-9780415549752","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}