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Organizing Women

By Dawn Chatty

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Organizing Women

By Dawn Chatty

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With the creation of the modern nation-state in the Middle East and North Africa, women have been and continue to be manipulated to represent a cultural ideal of perfect womanhood. This is often greatly at odds with the realities of women's lives and aspirations. However, individual women, through careful manipulation of gender relations, often succeed in casting aside the culturally accepted bonds which diminish their lives. Even so, women in groups are deemed unacceptable unless they conform to state mandates. In many countries in the Middle East, women are only legally permitted to form groups which are charitable organizations concerned with the welfare of the disabled or the handicapped. Clearly women in groups are perceived as a threat by the state. This challenging book examines the nature of the relationship between both women and the state and men and the state. It presents a balanced mix of theoretical and empirical research which analyzes both the formal and informal ways in which women have organized themselves, and been organized, in Arab society.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
262
Release Date:
1997-05-01
Publication Date:
1997-01-05
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1859739105
ISBN13:
9781859739105
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
465 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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