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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814183303321

Titolo

Confronting the international patriarchy : Iran, Iraq and the United States of America / / edited by Philippa Winker ; contributors Reem Kelani [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6545-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 p.)

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Women's rights

International relations

Patriarchy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE - SANCTIONING CHANGE; CHAPTER TWO - WOMEN IN IRAQ AND IRAN; CHAPTER THREE - SOPHIE''S CHOICE AND THE SACRIFICE OF IRAQI CHILDREN BY SANCTIONS; CHAPTER FOUR - WRITE IT DOWN ... ARTIST OR PROSTITUTE; CHAPTER FIVE - SANCTIONS ON IRAN; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Elite leaderships of Iran, Iraq and the US operate within a male-centric system of international relations. Iran and Iraq have been accused of suffering from a 'democracy deficit' but little attention is paid to how external states - often in the name of women's liberation - inflict collective punishments that severely restrict the political and economic participation of women in the Middle East. This book, written from the perspective of feminist international relations, demonstrates women's...