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

• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2009; [London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.60820956
• Soggetto topico: Women - Middle East - Social conditions; Women and war - Middle East; Women - Services for - Middle East - International cooperation; Women - Iraq; Women - Palestine; Gender studies: women
• Persona (resp. second.): Al-AliNadje Sadig; PrattNicola Christine
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women and war in the Middle East
• ISBN: 1-350-22405-7; 1-84813-804-0; 1-282-45351-3; 9786612453519; 1-84813-187-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780802703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II