Land of the Unconquerable : The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women / / Jennifer Heath, Ashraf Zahedi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.48/891593 |
Soggetto topico |
Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century
Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century Women - Social conditions - 21st century - Afghanistan Gender & Ethnic Studies Gender Studies & Sexuality Social Sciences |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-27805-7
9786613278050 0-520-94899-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status -- CHAPTER 2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereo types, and Afghan Women's Agency -- CHAPTER 3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience -- CHAPTER 4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women -- CHAPTER 5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube -- CHAPTER 6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? -- CHAPTER 7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts -- CHAPTER 8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison -- CHAPTER 9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul -- CHAPTER 10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences -- CHAPTER 13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades -- CHAPTER 14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security -- CHAPTER 15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health -- CHAPTER 16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women -- CHAPTER 17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy -- CHAPTER 18. Chadari Politics Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice -- CHAPTER 19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment -- CHAPTER 20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success -- CHAPTER 21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media -- CHAPTER 22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts -- CHAPTER 23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets -- CHAPTER 24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459130803321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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Land of the Unconquerable : The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women / / Jennifer Heath, Ashraf Zahedi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.48/891593 |
Soggetto topico |
Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century
Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century Women - Social conditions - 21st century - Afghanistan |
Soggetto non controllato |
afghan women
afghan afghanistan agency al qaeda anthropology burqa community development domesticity education empowerment femininity feminism food security gender studies gender health islam justice marriage middle east muslim women nonfiction orientalism peace poetry politics prisoners prostitution religion religious fundamentalism religious women rural sex work social policy social science sociology urban war on terror war women womens studies |
ISBN |
1-283-27805-7
9786613278050 0-520-94899-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status -- CHAPTER 2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereo types, and Afghan Women's Agency -- CHAPTER 3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience -- CHAPTER 4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women -- CHAPTER 5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube -- CHAPTER 6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? -- CHAPTER 7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts -- CHAPTER 8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison -- CHAPTER 9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul -- CHAPTER 10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences -- CHAPTER 13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades -- CHAPTER 14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security -- CHAPTER 15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health -- CHAPTER 16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women -- CHAPTER 17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy -- CHAPTER 18. Chadari Politics Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice -- CHAPTER 19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment -- CHAPTER 20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success -- CHAPTER 21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media -- CHAPTER 22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts -- CHAPTER 23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets -- CHAPTER 24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791884703321 |
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Land of the Unconquerable : The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women / / Jennifer Heath, Ashraf Zahedi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.48/891593 |
Soggetto topico |
Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century
Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century Women - Social conditions - 21st century - Afghanistan |
Soggetto non controllato |
afghan women
afghan afghanistan agency al qaeda anthropology burqa community development domesticity education empowerment femininity feminism food security gender studies gender health islam justice marriage middle east muslim women nonfiction orientalism peace poetry politics prisoners prostitution religion religious fundamentalism religious women rural sex work social policy social science sociology urban war on terror war women womens studies |
ISBN |
1-283-27805-7
9786613278050 0-520-94899-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status -- CHAPTER 2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereo types, and Afghan Women's Agency -- CHAPTER 3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience -- CHAPTER 4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women -- CHAPTER 5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube -- CHAPTER 6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? -- CHAPTER 7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts -- CHAPTER 8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison -- CHAPTER 9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul -- CHAPTER 10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences -- CHAPTER 13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades -- CHAPTER 14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security -- CHAPTER 15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health -- CHAPTER 16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women -- CHAPTER 17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy -- CHAPTER 18. Chadari Politics Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice -- CHAPTER 19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment -- CHAPTER 20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success -- CHAPTER 21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media -- CHAPTER 22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts -- CHAPTER 23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets -- CHAPTER 24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818777003321 |
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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