Women in Iraq : Past Meets Present.

Women in Iraq : Past Meets Present.

This is clearly a very well researched, accessible and well written piece of important scholarship that fills a gap in the existing literature on the history of Iraq generally as well as the more specific history of Iraqi women's rights activism.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Efrati, Noga
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Women > Iraq > Social conditions.
Feminism > Iraq > History.
Women's rights > Iraq > History.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Feminism
Women > Social conditions
Women's rights
Iraq
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Historical Setting; 1: Occupation, Monarchy, and Customary Law: Tribalizing Women; 2: Family Law as a Site of Struggle and Subordination; 3: Politics, Election Law, and Exclusion; 4: Gender Discourse and Discontent: Activism Unraveled; 5: Challenging the Government's Gender Discourse; Epilogue: Past Meets Present; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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