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Middle Eastern Studies Bogserier

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  • Creative Resistance

    The Social Justice Practices of Monirah, Halleh, and Diala

    Serier serie Middle Eastern Studies
    How can hope flourish from the devastation of war, oppression, and forced migration?For the people featured in this book, this is not a philosophical question – it is a lived reality. Drawn from first-hand experience of violent conflict and displacement, the stories in this book belong to three extraordinary individuals who found a path to hope through action in the face of violence.Ideal reading ... Læs mere

    212,15 kr.

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  • Vulnerability in Resistance

    Vulnerability and resistance have often been seen as opposites, with the assumption that vulnerability requires protection and the strengthening of paternalistic power at the expense of collective resistance. Focusing on political movements and cultural practices in different global locations, including Turkey, Palestine, France, and the former Yugoslavia, the contributors to Vulnerability in ... Læs mere

    200,11 kr.

  • A Society of Young Women

    Opportunities of Place, Power, and Reform in Saudi Arabia

    The cities of Saudi Arabia are among the most gender segregated in the world. In recent years the Saudi government has felt increasing international pressure to offer greater roles for women in society. Implicit in these calls for reform, however, is an assumption that the only "real" society is male society. Little consideration has been given to the rapidly evolving activities within women's ... Læs mere

    220,09 kr.

  • Egypt in the Future Tense

    Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence before and after 2011

    Serier serie Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
    "Illustrates the complex and contradictory impact of Muslim revivalism on the expectations and hopes of Egyptian youth . . . Recommended." — ChoiceAgainst the backdrop of the revolutionary uprisings of 2011–2013, Samuli Schielke asks how ordinary Egyptians confront the great promises and grand schemes of religious commitment, middle class respectability, romantic love, and political ideologies in ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Ambiguities of Domination

    Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria

    af Lisa Wedeen ...
    Treating rhetoric and symbols as central rather than peripheral to politics, Lisa Wedeen's groundbreaking book offers a compelling counterargument to those who insist that politics is primarily about material interests and the groups advocating for them. During the thirty-year rule of President Hafiz al-Asad's regime, his image was everywhere. In newspapers, on television, and during orchestrated ... Læs mere

    118,86 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Nation-Building, State and the Genderframing of Women's Rights in the United Arab Emirates

    The extensive changes to Emirati women's traditional rights and roles have been one of the most visible transformations taking place in the United Arab Emirates throughout its almost forty years of modern history. This book offers an interpretation of why and how these modifications came about. Its aim is to analyse the promotion of educational, employment and political rights for women as ... Læs mere

    74,97 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Afghanistan Remembers

    Gendered Narrations of Violence and Culinary Practices

    af Parin Dossa ...
    Although extensive literature exists on the violence of war, little attention has been given to the ways in which this violence becomes entrenched and normalized in the inner recesses of everyday life. In Afghanistan Remembers, Parin Dossa examines Afghan women’s recall of violence through memories and food practices in their homeland and its diaspora. Her work reveals how the suffering and trauma ... Læs mere

    253,61 kr.

  • Culture and Dignity

    Dialogues Between the Middle East and the West

    af Laura Nader ...
    In Culture and Dignity - Dialogues between the Middle East and the West, renowned cultural anthropologist Laura Nader examines the historical and ethnographic roots of the complex relationship between the East and the West, revealing how cultural differences can lead to violence or a more peaceful co-existence.Outlines an anthropology for the 21st century that focuses on the myriad connections ... Læs mere

    814,86 kr.

  • Arab Youth

    Social Mobilisation in Times of Risk

    In 2011, Arab youth took to the streets in their thousands to demand their freedom. Although it is too early to speculate on the ultimate outcome of the uprisings, one auspicious feature stands out: they reveal the genesis of a new generation sparked by the desire for civil liberties, advocacy for human rights, and participatory democracy. This unique volume explores some of the antecedents of the ... Læs mere

    125,91 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Live and Die Like a Man

    Gender Dynamics in Urban Egypt

    af Farha Ghannam ...
    Watching the revolution of January 2011, the world saw Egyptians, men and women, come together to fight for freedom and social justice. These events gave renewed urgency to the fraught topic of gender in the Middle East. The role of women in public life, the meaning of manhood, and the future of gender inequalities are hotly debated by religious figures, government officials, activists, scholars, ... Læs mere

    220,09 kr.

  • New Desires, New Selves

    Sex, Love, and Piety among Turkish Youth

    af Gul Ozyegin ...
    As Turkey pushes for its place in the global pecking order and embraces neoliberal capitalism, the nation has seen a period of unprecedented shifts in political, religious, and gender and sexual identities for its citizens. In New Desires, New Selves, Gul Ozyegin shows how this social transformation in Turkey is felt most strongly among its young people, eager to surrender to the seduction of ... Læs mere

    235,81 kr.

  • Learning in Morocco

    Language Politics and the Abandoned Educational Dream

    Serier serie Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
    Learning in Morocco offers a rare look inside public education in the Middle East. While policymakers see a crisis in education based on demographics and financing, Moroccan high school students point to the effects of a highly politicized Arabization policy that has never been implemented coherently. In recent years, national policies to promote the use of Arabic have come into conflict with the ... Læs mere

    78,52 kr.