04022nam 22007095 450 991046486530332120210112002605.00-8047-9137-610.1515/9780804791373(CKB)3710000000125232(EBL)1707324(SSID)ssj0001228317(PQKBManifestationID)12475771(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001228317(PQKBWorkID)11285975(PQKB)10930173(DE-B1597)564564(DE-B1597)9780804791373(MiAaPQ)EBC1707324(OCoLC)1178769091(EXLCZ)99371000000012523220200723h20202014 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrA Society of Young Women Opportunities of Place, Power, and Reform in Saudi Arabia /Amelie Le RenardStanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]©20141 online resource (222 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-8543-0 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Riyadh, a City of Closed Spaces -- 2. Getting Around -- 3. Coming Together -- 4. Breaking the Rules -- 5. Consuming Femininities -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index The cities of Saudi Arabia are among the most gender segregated in the world. In recent years the Saudi government has felt increasing international pressure to offer greater roles for women in society. Implicit in these calls for reform, however, is an assumption that the only "real" society is male society. Little consideration has been given to the rapidly evolving activities within women's spaces. This book joins young urban women in their daily lives—in the workplace, on the female university campus, at the mall—to show how these women are transforming Saudi cities from within and creating their own urban, professional, consumerist lifestyles. As young Saudi women are emerging as an increasingly visible social group, they are shaping new social norms. Their shared urban spaces offer women the opportunity to shed certain constraints and imagine themselves in new roles. But to feel included in this peer group, women must adhere to new constraints: to be sophisticated, fashionable, feminine, and modern. The position of "other" women—poor, rural, or non-Saudi women—is increasingly marginalized. While young urban women may embody the image of a "reformed" Saudi nation, the reform project ultimately remains incomplete, drawing new hierarchies and lines of exclusion among women.Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Saudi ArabiaUrban women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditionsYoung women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditionsYoung womenSocial conditionsSaudi ArabiaUrban womenSocial conditionsSaudi ArabiaPublic spacesSocial aspectsSaudi ArabiaGender & Ethnic StudiesHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCGender Studies & SexualityHILCCElectronic books.Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Saudi Arabia.Urban women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.Young women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.Young womenSocial conditionsUrban womenSocial conditionsPublic spacesSocial aspectsGender & Ethnic StudiesSocial SciencesGender Studies & Sexuality305.242 209538Le Renard Amelie, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1031353DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910464865303321A Society of Young Women2448684UNINA