Women and war in the Middle East [[electronic resource] ] : transnational perspectives / / edited by Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456711703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, c2009
• ISBN: 1-84813-804-0; 1-282-45351-3; 9786612453519; 1-84813-187-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Al-AliNadje Sadig; PrattNicola Christine
• Disciplina: 303.60820956
• Soggetti: Women and war - Middle East; Women - Services for - Middle East - International cooperation; Women - Iraq; Women - Middle East - Social conditions; Women - Palestine; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements; Introduction | Women and War in the Middle East: Transnational Perspectives; Transnational feminisms; Gendering violence, conflict and war; Diaspora mobilization; Gendering post-conflict; Women and gender in formalreconstruction/peace-building processes; Gender mainstreaming in peace and security; Structure of the book; Notes; References; PART I | Gendering the Neoliberal Imperial Project; 1 | Gendering Informal Economies in Iraq; The analytics of a critical project; Informal activities and international developments; Informal economies in Iraq; Post-invasion informal economiesConclusion; Notes; References; 2 | The United States, the Iraqi Women's Diaspora and Women's 'Empowerment' in Iraq; Iraqi women's diaspora activism and the invasion; The US administration and gendered war talk; Diaspora women and the 'new Iraq'; Funding for 'women's empowerment'; ; Transnational women's rights activism; Communal politics versus women's 'empowerment' under occupation; Political bargaining, women's rights and the constitution; Women's activism and shifting gender identities in Iraq; Conclusion; Notes; References; Gender mainstreamingEU and UN gender mainstreaming initiatives; Gender mainstreaming and women's and feminist organizing; Gender mainstreaming in conflict situations; The Palestinian case; Challenges for gender mainstreaming and feminist organizing in MENA; Notes; References; 5 | 'Here, it's not about conflict resolution - we can only resist': Palestinian Women's Activism in Conflict Resolution and Non-violent Resistance; Historical overview of Palestinian women's peace activism; Organizational forms of women's peace-building; Aims of women's peace-building; Strategies of women's peace-buildingConclusion; Notes; References; PART III | Gender, Citizenship and Post-conflict Reconstruction; 6 | Fragmented Citizenship: Communalism, Ethnicity and Gender in Iraq; Transition in the shadow of violence and conflict; The citizenship bargain: negotiating communalism, ethnicity and gender; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 | Gendered Palestinian Citizenship: Women, Legal Pluralism and Post-conflict Aid; Connective practices, women's memberships and structural marginalization; Gender conventions and post-conflict; Gender, aid and non-liberal processes; Drafting citizenship in conflict
• Sommario/riassunto: Women and War in the Middle East provides a critical examination of the relationship between gender and transnationalism in the context of war, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in the Middle East.