by Suad Joseph (Author), Susan Slyomovics (Author)
Contains essays which analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume includes essays that also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 256
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Published: 07 Dec 2000
ISBN 10: 0812217497
ISBN 13: 9780812217490