Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present by Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig

Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781842777459)

Vendor: Nadje Sadig Al-Ali
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Format: Paperback
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Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present by Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig

Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present

$47.95
Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present by Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig

Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present

$47.95
Format: Paperback
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Nadje al-Ali challenges the myths and misconceptions which have dominated debates about Iraqi women, bringing a much needed gender perspective to bear on a central political issue of our time. She traces the political history of Iraq from post-colonial independence, to the emergence of a women's movement in the 1950s and Saddam Hussein's early policy of state feminism. The book also discusses the increases in social conservatism, domestic violence and prostitution, and shows that, far from being passive victims, Iraqi women have been, and continue to be, key political actors. The impact of Islam on women's lives is analysed in the context of the recent invasion and occupation, and it is argued that US-led calls for liberation may in the long term serve to oppress the women of Iraq further.

Author: Nadje Sadig Al-Ali
ISBN-10: 1842777459
ISBN-13: 9781842777459
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2007
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.67h x 5.77w x 0.56d
By Nadje Sadig Al-Ali
By Nadje Sadig Al-Ali
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Nadje Al-Ali is Lecturer at the Centre for Gender Studies, SOAS, London. Her recent publications include Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East (2000) and New Approaches to Migration (2002). She is also a founding member of Act Together: Women's Action on Iraq and a member of Women in Black.
Nadje Al-Ali is Lecturer at the Centre for Gender Studies, SOAS, London. Her recent publications include Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East (2000) and New Approaches to Migration (2002). She is also a founding member of Act Together: Women's Action on Iraq and a member of Women in Black.

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