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Gender and violence in the middle east

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UCLA center for Middle East development (CMED) ; 4Publication details: London Routledge 2011Description: xvii,279pISBN:
  • 9780415594103
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.83 22 GE-
LOC classification:
  • HV6250.4.W65 G464 2011
Contents:
Conceptualization and theoretical background -- Feminist anthropological perspectives on violence -- Armed conflict and gender-based violence -- Counter-narratives of Palestinian women : the construction of her-story and the politics of fear -- Gender, youth and institutional support in the occupied Palestinian territories -- Impact of armed conflict on gender roles in Lebanon -- Politics, war, and violence against women in Iraq and Afghanistan -- War and gender in Bathist Iraq -- Violence against Afghan women : tradition, religion, conflict, and war -- Religious and social violence against women -- Religious-based violence against women, and feminist responses : Iran, Afghanistan, and Algeria -- Strategy in the battles over her : Islamism and secularism -- Violence during pregnancy in Jordan : its prevalence and associated risk and protective factors -- Gender-based discrimination and legal reform -- Legal reforms on violence against women in Turkey : best practices -- Violence against women in Morocco : advances, contentions, and strategies to combat it -- Language, sexual harassment and media -- Gendered language use, hierarchization of linguistic space and state building -- Dismantling the discourses of war : Palestinian women filmmakers address violence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptualization and theoretical background -- Feminist anthropological perspectives on violence -- Armed conflict and gender-based violence -- Counter-narratives of Palestinian women : the construction of her-story and the politics of fear -- Gender, youth and institutional support in the occupied Palestinian territories -- Impact of armed conflict on gender roles in Lebanon -- Politics, war, and violence against women in Iraq and Afghanistan -- War and gender in Bathist Iraq -- Violence against Afghan women : tradition, religion, conflict, and war -- Religious and social violence against women -- Religious-based violence against women, and feminist responses : Iran, Afghanistan, and Algeria -- Strategy in the battles over her : Islamism and secularism -- Violence during pregnancy in Jordan : its prevalence and associated risk and protective factors -- Gender-based discrimination and legal reform -- Legal reforms on violence against women in Turkey : best practices -- Violence against women in Morocco : advances, contentions, and strategies to combat it -- Language, sexual harassment and media -- Gendered language use, hierarchization of linguistic space and state building -- Dismantling the discourses of war : Palestinian women filmmakers address violence.

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