Muslim women in war and crisis [[electronic resource] ] : representation and reality / / edited by Faegheh Shirazi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458512903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-292-79282-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ShiraziFaegheh <1952->
• Disciplina: 305.4869709045
• Soggetti: Muslim women - Press coverage; Muslim women - Social conditions; 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: ""Contents""; ""Note from the Editor: Transliteration and Key Terms""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One. Central and South Asia""; ""One. Indonesia. The Peace Brokers: Women of Aceh and Ambon""; ""Two. India. Nation and Selfhood: Memoirs of Bengali Muslim Women""; ""Three. Afghanistan. From Refugee Camp to Kabul: The Influence of Exile on Afghan Women""; ""Four. Afghanistan. Gendered Aid Interventions and Afghan Women: Images versus Realities""; ""Five. Chechnya. ""Black Widows"" in the New York Times: Images of Chechen Women Rebels""; ""Part Two. The Middle East and North Africa""; ""Six. Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran and Women's Images: Masters of Exploitation""""Seven. Iraq. Widows' Doomsday: Women and War in the Poetry of Hassan al-Nassar""; ""Eight. Iraq. Images and Status: Visualizing Iraqi Women""; ""Nine. Lebanon. In Search of Identity: Hijab Recollections from West Beirut""; ""Ten. Lebanon. Leadership of Lebanese Women in the Cedar Revolution""; ""Eleven. Tunisia and Algeria. Images of Manipulation: Subversion of Women's Rights in the Maghreb""; ""Part Three. Europe and the United States""; ""Twelve. Former Yugoslavia. Images of Women in Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Neighboring Countries, 1992-1995""""Thirteen. Spain. Muslim Women in the Spanish Press: The Persistence of Subaltern Images""; ""Fourteen. Great Britain. The 7/7 London Bombings and British Muslim Women: Media Representations, Mediated Realities""; ""Fifteen. United ; States. Images of Muslim Women in Post-9/11 America""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""