Nadje Al-Ali

Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East

The Egyptian Women's Movement
Herausgeber: Clancy-Smith, Julia A.; Tripp, Charles

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Challenging recent scholarship, Al-Ali explores anthropological and political significance of secular-oriented women's activism in Egypt.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780521780223
• ISBN-10: 0521780225
• Artikelnr.: 21232260

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Up against conceptual frameworks: post-Orientalism, Occidentalism and presentation of self
2. Contextualizing the Egyptian women's movement
3. Self and generation: formative experiences of Egyptian women activists
4. Secularism: challenging neo-Orientalism and histories
5. From words to deeds: priorities and projects of contemporary activists
6. A mirror of political culture in Egypt: divisions and debates among women's activists
Conclusion.