Women, ethnicity and nationalism : the politics of transition / / Rick Wilford and Robert L. Miller

• Autore: Wilford Rick <1947, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: x, 212 p
• Disciplina: 305.42
• Soggetto topico: Women - Social conditions; Women - Political activity; Ethnic relations; Nationalism
• Altri autori: MillerRobert L <1948-> (Robert Lee)
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter 1 Women, ethnicity and nationalism -- Surveying the ground / Rick Wilford -- chapter 2 Gender and nation / Nira Yuval-Davis -- chapter 3 Identity, location, plurality -- Women, nationalism and Northern Ireland / Elisabeth Porter -- chapter 4 Gender, nationalism and transformation -- Difference and commonality in South Africa's past and present -- chapter 5 Women in contemporary Russia and the former Soviet Union / Rosalind Marsh -- chapter 6 Back to the future -- Nationalism and gender in post-socialist societies / Tanja Rener -- chapter 7 Women's rights and political conflict in Yemen 1990-1994 / Maxine Molyneux -- chapter 8 Communal violence, civil war and foreign occupation -- Women in Lebanon -- chapter 9 Islamization and modernization in Malaysia -- Competing cultural reassertions and women's identity in a changing society -- chapter 10 Conclusion / Robert L.Miller.
• Sommario/riassunto: Using contemporary case studies, Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism asks whether societies caught in political and social transition provide new opportunties for women or, instead, create new burdens and obstacles for them.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women, ethnicity and nationalism
• ISBN: 1-134-69548-9; 1-134-69549-7; 1-280-10467-8; 0-203-28597-2; 0-203-16958-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815495103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II