1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781123803321

Autore

Kelly Sanja

Titolo

Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa [[electronic resource] ] : Progress Amid Resistance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

ISBN

1-282-71378-7

9786612713781

1-4422-0397-8

Edizione

[2010th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (605 p.)

Collana

Freedom in the World

Altri autori (Persone)

BreslinJulia

Disciplina

305.4209172/4

323.34

323.340956

Soggetti

Women's rights - Africa, North

Women's rights - Middle East

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Gender Studies & Sexuality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SURVEY CONTRIBUTORS; HARD-WON PROGRESS AND A LONG ROAD AHEAD: WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; APPENDIX; TABLES & GRAPHS; INTRODUCTION TO COUNTRY REPORTS; Algeria; Bahrain; Egypt; Iran; Iraq; Jordan; Kuwait; Lebanon; Libya; Morocco; Oman; Palestine; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Syria; Tunisia; United Arab Emirates; Yemen; METHODOLOGY; CHECKLIST QUESTIONS; SCORING SYSTEM; ABOUT FREEDOM HOUSE; FREEDOM HOUSE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Sommario/riassunto

The 2010 edition provides a five-year retrospective review of improvements or setbacks made to women's rights in the MENA region. This unique survey, which combines quantitative ratings with a qualitative, narrative analysis for each country or territory offers a thorough, cross-regional analysis of the legal and societal realities of MENA women.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968472203321

Titolo

Critical discourse studies in context and cognition / / edited by Christopher Hart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

9786613280541

9781283280549

128328054X

9789027285102

9027285101

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture (DAPSAC), , 1569-9463 ; ; v. 43

Classificazione

ER 990

Altri autori (Persone)

HartChristopher

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

Critical discourse analysis

Cognitive grammar

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

Critical Discourse Studies in Context and Cognition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; (Critical) Discourse analysis and pragmatics; Discourse, knowledge, power and politics; Constraining context; Axiological proximization; Critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistics as tools for ideological research; Analyzing lesbian identity in discourse; The ideological construction of European identities; Moving beyond metaphor in the cognitive linguistic approach to CDA

Effective vs. epistemic stance and subjectivity in political discourse

Sommario/riassunto

Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) is an exciting research enterprise in which scholars are concerned with the discursive reproduction of power and inequality. However, researchers in CDS are increasingly recognising the need to investigate the cognitive dimensions of discourse and context if they want to fully account for any connection between language, legitimisation and social action. This book presents a collection of papers in CDS concerned with various ideological discourses. Analyses are firmly rooted in linguistics and cognition



constitutes a major focus of attention. The chapters, whic