Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism asks whether societies caught in political or social transition provide new opportunities for women, or instead, create new burdens and obstacles for them. Using contemporary case-studies, each author looks at the interaction of gender ethnicity and class in a divided society. The varying experiences of women are discussed in the following countries: Northern Ireland; South Africa; the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; Yemen; Lebanon and Malaysia.
Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism asks whether societies caught in political or social transition provide new opportunities for women, or instead, create new burdens and obstacles for them. Using contemporary case-studies, each author looks at the interaction of gender ethnicity and class in a divided society. The varying experiences of women are discussed in the following countries: Northern Ireland; South Africa; the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; Yemen; Lebanon and Malaysia.
Notes on contributors Preface and acknowledgements Women ethnicity and nationalism: surveying the ground Gender and nation Identity location plurality: women nationalism and Northern Ireland Gender nationalism and transformation: difference and commonality in South Africa's past and present Women in contemporary Russia and the former Soviet Union Back to the future: nationalism and gender in post-socialist societies Women's rights and political conflict in Yemen 1990-1994 Communal violence civil war and foreign occupation: women in Lebanon Islamization and modernization in Malaysia: competing cultural reassertions and women's identity in a changing society Conclusion Index
Notes on contributors Preface and acknowledgements Women ethnicity and nationalism: surveying the ground Gender and nation Identity location plurality: women nationalism and Northern Ireland Gender nationalism and transformation: difference and commonality in South Africa's past and present Women in contemporary Russia and the former Soviet Union Back to the future: nationalism and gender in post-socialist societies Women's rights and political conflict in Yemen 1990-1994 Communal violence civil war and foreign occupation: women in Lebanon Islamization and modernization in Malaysia: competing cultural reassertions and women's identity in a changing society Conclusion Index
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