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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815043803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2009

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22405-7

1-84813-804-0

1-282-45351-3

9786612453519

1-84813-187-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

303.60820956

Soggetti

Women - Middle East - Social conditions

Women and war - Middle East

Women - Services for - Middle East - International cooperation

Women - Iraq

Women - Palestine

Gender studies: women

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

Introduction. Women and war in the Middle East : transnational perspectives / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt -- pt. I. Gendering the neoliberal imperial project. Gendering informal economies in Iraq / V. Spike Peterson ; United States, the Iraqi women's diaspora and women's 'empowerment' in Iraq / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt ; 'Post-war reconstruction', imperialism and Kurdish women's NGOs / Shahrzad Mojab -- pt. II. Revisiting transnational women's activism in the context of conflict, post-conflict reconstruction and peace-building. Gender mainstreaming and feminist organizing in the Middle East and North Africa / Isis Nusair ; 'Here, it's not about conflict resolution -- we can only resist' : Palestinian women's activism in conflict resolution and non-violent resistance / Sophie Richter-Devroe -- pt. III. Gender,



citizenship and post-conflict reconstruction. Fragmented citizenship : communalism, ethnicity and gender in Iraq / Martina Kamp ; Gendered Palestinian citizenship : women, legal pluralism and post-conflict aid / Riina Isotalo ; Conclusion : gendering war and transnationalism in the Middle East / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt.

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.