Women in the Middle East Past and Present

Name: Women in the Middle East Past and Present
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ISBN: 9780691128634

ISBN-10: 0691128634

ISBN-13: 9780691128634

Edition: 2007

Authors: Nikki R. Keddie

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Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history,Women in the Middle Eastis a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. Nikki Keddie shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women, and she provides a unique overview of their past and rapidly changing present. The book also includes a brief autobiography that recounts Keddie's political activism as one of the first women in Middle East Studies. Positioning women within their individual economic situations, identities, families, and geographies,Women in the Middle…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction



Women in the Middle East: A History


Introduction: Issues in Studying Middle Eastern Women's History



Regional Background and the Beginnings of Islam



From the Pious Caliphs through the Dynastic Caliphates



From the Turkish and Mongol Invasions to 1798



Change in the Long Nineteenth Century 1798-1914



1914-45: Nationalism and Women's Movements



1945-Today: New States and Trends, Women's Activism, and the Rise of Islamism


Conclusion


Notes to Book One


Bibliography of Books



Approaches to the Study of Middle Eastern Women



Shifting Boundaries in Sex and Gender



Scholarship, Relativism, and Universalism



Women in the Limelight: Recent Books on Middle Eastern Women's History since 1800



Problems in the Study of Middle Eastern Women



Sexuality and Shi'i Social Protest in Iran (coauthored with Parvin Paidar [Nahid Yeganeh])



Autobiographical Recollections



Autobiographical Interview



Supplement to the Interview


Bibliography of Works



Index