TY  - BOOK
AU  - Makdisi,Jean Said
AU  - Bayyūmī,Nuhá
AU  - Ṣaydāwī,Rafīf Riḍā
AU  - Khoury,Ellen
TI  - Arab feminisms: gender and equality in the Middle East 
T2  - Contemporary Arab scholarship in the social sciences
SN  - 9781780766720
AV  - HQ1170 .A72 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I.B. Tauris Publishers, In Association With The Centre for Arab Unity Studies, Lebanese Association of Women Researchers
KW  - Muslim women
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Women
KW  - Feminism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Aufsatzsammlung
KW  - Conference proceedings
KW  - fast
N1  - The papers in this book, originally written in Arabic, were translated into English by Ellen Khoury --Title page verso; "The chapters in this volume were originally delivered at a conference entitled 'Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective, ' helt at the American University of Beirut, 4-7 October 2009"--Introduction; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1; Variety in Understanding Feminist Concepts and Discourse --; 1; What Do Women Want? A Critical Mapping of Future Directions for Arab Feminisms; Mervat Hatem; Hatem, Mervat; 3 --; 2; Gender Studies in the Arab World: Reflections and Questions on the Challenges of Discourses, Locations and History; Hoda Elsadda; Elsadda, Hoda; 19 --; 3; Recognition of Difference: Towards a More Effective Feminism; Najla Hamadeh; Hamadeh, Najla; 31 --; 4; Research Methods and Probing Feminist Thought; Nahawand el Kadri Issa; Issa, Nahawand el Kadri; 41 --; 5; From Women's Rights to Feminism: The Urgent Need for an Arab Feminist Renaissance; Zeina Zaatari; Zaatari, Zeina; 54 --; 6; Feminist Discourse in the Arab Theatre; Watfa Hamadi; Hamadi, Watfa; 66 --; 7; Huqouq alma'a: Feminist Thought and the Language of the Arab Women's Movement; Jean Said Makdisi; Makdisi, Jean Said; 78 --; 8; Femininity and Feminist Studies: Research, the Researcher and Cultural Constrictions in Lebanon; Noha Bayoumi; Bayoumi, Noha; 90 --; 9; The Creative Arab Woman: Opposing the Stereotypical Image and Dismantling the Prevalent Discourse; Fawzia Abdullah Abu-Khaled; Abu-Khaled, Fawzia Abdullah; 108 --; 10; Does Saudi Feminism Exist?; Hatoon Ajwad el-Fassi; el-Fassi, Hatoon Ajwad; 121 --; 11; Arab Feminism -- Obstacles and Possibilities: An Analytical Study of the Women's Movement in the Arab World; Suad Zayed al-Oraimi; al-Oraimi, Suad Zayed; 132 --; 12; The Intellectual Frameworks and Theoretical Limits of Arab Feminist Thought; Kaltham al-Ghanim; al-Ghanim, Kaltham; 145 --; 13; Feminism's Difference Problem; Joan W. Scott; Scott, Joan W; 157 --; 14; Feminism as Critique; Nivedita Menon; Menon, Nivedita; 164 --; Part 2; The Crisis of Feminism in the Context of War, Civil Conflict and Military Intervention --; 15; Feminism Between Secularism and Islamism: The Case of Palestine (The West Bank and Gaza Strip); Islah Jad; Jad, Islah; 171 --; 16; Palestinian Feminist Organizations in the Post-Oslo Era: The Binary Nature of Feminist Discourse; Eileen Kuttab; Kuttab, Eileen; 183 --; 17; Liberation Struggles: Reflections on the Palestinian Women's Movement; Amal Amireh; Amireh, Amal; 195 --; 18; Indigenizing Feminist Knowledge: Palestinian Feminist Thought Between the Physics of International Power and the Theology of Racist 'Security'; Nadera Sbalhoub-Kevorkian; Sbalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera; 205 --; 19; The Developing Role of Colonial Feminists in Iraq; Haifa Zangana; Zangana, Haifa; 217 --; 20; Afghan Women's Resistance and Struggle in Afghanistan and Diasporic Communities; Elaheh Rostami-Povey; Rostami-Povey, Elaheh; 230 --; 21; Women Struggling Against the Legacy of Colonialism in East Asia; Mari Oka; Oka, Mari; 239 --; 22; Conflicts and Wars: Women's Silent Discourse; Anicée al Amine Merhi; Merhi, Anicée al Amine; 243 --; 23; The Role of Feminist Movements in Establishing Peace and Improving the Condition of Women in Areas of Armed Conflict; Amira Yousef al-Badri; al-Badri, Amira Yousef; 257 --; 24; Terrorizing Masculinities and Ambivalent Responses in Wajdi Mouawad's Scorched; Dina Georgis; Georgis, Dina; 269 --; 25; The Child Torn Between War and the Adult World: In the Battlefields by Danielle Arbid; Dalia Said Mustafa; Mustafa, Dalia Said; 279 --; Part 3; Islamic Feminism: Approaches and Visions --; 26; Sisters in Islam; Zainah Anwar; Anwar, Zainah; 291 --; 27; Accounting for Affect: Kuwaiti Women Between Freedom and Apathy; Mai al-Nakib; al-Nakib, Mai; 296 --; 28; Islamic Feminism in Egypt: Between Acceptance and Rejection; Hoda El-Saadi; El-Saadi, Hoda; 305 --; 29; Islamic Feminism: A New Feminist Movement or a Strategy by Women for Acquiring Rights?; Amal Grami; Grami, Amal; 317 --; 30; Trends and Directions in Contemporary Islamic Feminist Research; Omaima Abou-Bakr; Abou-Bakr, Omaima; 333 --; 31; Post-structuralist Theory and Women in the Middle East: Going in Circles?; Marnia Lazreg; Lazreg, Marnia; 344 --; 32; Two Faces of the Revival of Feminist Qur'anic Exegesis: 'A'isha Abd al-Rahman and Amina Wadud; Husn Abboud; Abboud, Husn; 355 --; 33; Rokeya in the World: Feminism and Islam in Twentieth-century Bengal; Elora Shehabuddin; Shehabuddin, Elora; 368 --; Part 4; Feminism in a Global Context --; 34; Tracing Dollars, Mapping Colonial Feminism: America Funds Women's 'Democracy' Training in Iraq; Shahrzad Mojab; Mojab, Shahrzad; 379 --; 35; Gender in Modern Counterinsurgency; Laleh Khalili; Khalili, Laleh; 389 --; 36; Reading Between the Lines: Sexual Politics and Publishing in the Age of Public Diplomacy; Vron Ware; Ware, Vron; 398 --; 37; The Blind Traditional Subject and Suitcase Patriarchies; Kumkum Sangari; Sangari, Kumkum; 411 --; 38; Black Feminism and the World; Hazel Carby; Carby, Hazel; 416 --; 39; Between Feminism and Social Engineering: The Troubled Trajectory of International Gender Activism; Deniz Kandiyoti; Kandiyoti, Deniz; 420
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