Changing narratives of sexuality : contestations, compliance and women's empowerment / / edited by Charmaine Pereira |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.42155.3 |
Collana | Feminisms and Development |
Soggetto topico |
Feminism - Social aspects - Developing countries
Sex discrimination against women - Developing countries Power (Social sciences) Gender studies: women |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78360-015-2
1-78360-013-6 1-78360-014-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Feminisms 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.
2 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. 5 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. Marriage 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. 8 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453676303321 |
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Changing narratives of sexuality : contestations, compliance and women's empowerment / / edited by Charmaine Pereira |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.42155.3 |
Collana | Feminisms and Development |
Soggetto topico |
Feminism - Social aspects - Developing countries
Sex discrimination against women - Developing countries Power (Social sciences) Gender studies: women |
ISBN |
1-350-21896-0
1-78360-015-2 1-78360-013-6 1-78360-014-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Feminisms 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.
2 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. 5 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. Marriage 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. 8 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791059303321 |
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Changing narratives of sexuality : contestations, compliance and women's empowerment / / edited by Charmaine Pereira |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.42155.3 |
Collana | Feminisms and Development |
Soggetto topico |
Feminism - Social aspects - Developing countries
Sex discrimination against women - Developing countries Power (Social sciences) Gender studies: women |
ISBN |
1-350-21896-0
1-78360-015-2 1-78360-013-6 1-78360-014-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Feminisms 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.
2 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. 5 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. Marriage 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. 8 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815060403321 |
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jacketed Women [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Bennett Jane |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tokyo, : UNUP, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4096 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PereiraCharmaine |
Soggetto topico |
Sexology -- Research -- Africa -- Methodology
Women''s studies -- Africa -- Methodology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 92-808-7196-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Sexualities and gender �research methodologies and the questions which compel us""; ""Chapter 1 Challenging research, researching challenges: Feminism and activism in Lesotho""; ""Chapter 2 �An opportunity for knowing�: Researching the sexual politics of zina in Northern Nigeria""; ""Chapter 3 Developing principles for research on young women and abortion""; ""Chapter 4 Researching discourses on widow inheritance: Feminist questions about �talk� as methodology""
""Chapter 5 From respectable to questionable: Women�s narratives of marital relations and sexual restriction in widowhood in Harare, Zimbabwe""""Chapter 6 �They respect you more�: Meanings of marriage for four South African lesbian couples in Cape Town""; ""Chapter 7 �Jacketed Women�: The politics of researching gender and sexualities in African contexts""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463140903321 |
Bennett Jane | ||
Tokyo, : UNUP, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Savoirs féministes au Sud : Expertes en genre et tournant décolonial / Christine Verschuur |
Autore | Altan-Olcay Özlem |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris, Genève, : Graduate Institute Publications, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AlvarezSonia E
Castro-GómezSantiago CîrstoceaIoana ConnellRaewyn de Lima CostaClaudia EscobarArturo Fals-BordaOrlando FedericiSilvia Gómez CorrealDiana GrabskaKatarzyna (Kasia) GrosfoguelRamón HaukanesHaldis HountondjiPaulin J KarunakaranKalpana MarteuElisabeth MiesMaria NdamiChantal Onibon DouboganYvette PereiraCharmaine Sadibou SakhoCheikh SaillantFrancine Tolo ØstebøMarit Van RaemdonckAn VerschuurChristine Viveros VigoyaMara |
Soggetto topico |
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Women's Studies gender citoyenneté décolonisation économie sociale féminisme femmes histoire du genre histoire sociale mouvements alternatifs relations hommes-femmes sciences sociales |
ISBN |
2-940600-15-5
2-14-013648-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495761803321 |
Altan-Olcay Özlem | ||
Paris, Genève, : Graduate Institute Publications, 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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