LEADER 05175nam 2200745 450 001 9910453676303321 005 20210311111955.0 010 $a1-78360-015-2 010 $a1-78360-013-6 010 $a1-78360-014-4 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350218963 035 $a(CKB)2550000001263324 035 $a(EBL)1665607 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001211629 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11832076 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001211629 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11205874 035 $a(PQKB)11405610 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1665607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1665607 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10856631 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL589538 035 $a(OCoLC)876512568 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350218963 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001263324 100 $a20210311h20212014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aChanging narratives of sexuality $econtestations, compliance and women's empowerment /$fedited by Charmaine Pereira 210 1$aLondon, England :$cZed Books,$d2014. 210 2$a[London, England] :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 225 1 $aFeminisms and Development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78360-012-8 311 $a1-306-58287-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFeminisms and Development; About the Editor; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Changing Narratives of Sexuality; Heteronormativity and sexualities; Sexualities and women's empowerment; On context and change; Changing narratives of sexuality; Organization of the book; References; Part I Negotiating Desire?; 1 Rewriting Desire as Empowerment in the Women and Memory Forum's Storytelling Project; Rewriting the oversexual, writing the asexual; Rewriting women's sexual agency; Conclusion; Notes; References. 327 $a2 Islam in Urban Bangladesh: Changing Worldviews and Reconfigured SexualityThe women; Religious worldviews; The narratives; Implications for women's agency and empowerment; Notes; References; 3 Loving and Fearing: Township Girls' Agency amidst Sexual Risk; Contextualizing sexualities; Provider love; Fearing love; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Part II Body Politics and Sexualities; 4 Reporting Anita: Nudity in Nigerian Newspapers; Anita's story; Reporting Anita; On narratives of sexuality and women's empowerment; References. 327 $a5 Ageing Women and the Culture of Eternal Youth: Personal and Theoretical Reflections from a Feminist over Sixty in BrazilA question of gender; Gendered bodies; Embodied subjectivities; Some conclusions; Notes; References; 6 Unmarried in Palestine: Embodiment and (Dis)Empowerment in the Lives of Single Palestinian Women; Bodies, borders and biopolitics; The 'crisis' of unmarried women: regional and Palestinian discourses; Demographic profiles; Table 6.1 Proportion of never-married women, West Bank and Gaza; Is education empowerment? The significance of location and mobility. 327 $aMarriage age, staying single and 'change'Tropes of dis-ease and disorder: customary marriage, old men and young brides; Virtual dangers, actual bodies; Can unmarried women be happy?; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Part III Changing Institutions?; 7 Narratives of Egyptian Marriages; First narrative: the institutional construction of marriage; Second narrative: lived realities of marriage; Procedural reforms: are they transforming marriage?; Concluding thoughts; Notes; References. 327 $a8 Gender and Sexuality Activism in Beijing: Negotiating International Influences and National and Local ProcessesChanging relations among donors, government and activists; Gender and sexuality activism in China; What space for women's empowerment?; Notes; References; About the Contributors; Index. 330 $aChanging Narratives of Sexuality examines the tensions and contradictions in constructions of gender, sexuality and women's empowerment in the various narrations of sexuality told by and about women. This impressive collection explores sexuality in a wide range of national contexts in the global South, analysing what scope exists for women to subvert repressive norms and conceptions of heterosexuality, interweaving rich, contextual detail with theoretical concerns. 410 0$aFeminisms and development. 606 $aFeminism$xSocial aspects$zDeveloping countries 606 $aSex discrimination against women$zDeveloping countries 606 $aPower (Social sciences) 606 $aGender studies: women$2bicssc 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFeminism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSex discrimination against women 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 7$aGender studies: women 676 $a305.42155.3 702 $aPereira$b Charmaine 801 0$bEBLCP 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453676303321 996 $aChanging narratives of sexuality$92121133 997 $aUNINA