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Changing narratives of sexuality : contestations, compliance and women's empowerment / / edited by Charmaine Pereira
| 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
| 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 | ||
| ||
Changing narratives of sexuality : contestations, compliance and women's empowerment / / edited by Charmaine Pereira
| 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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