| Organizing Women: Formal and Informal Women's Groups in the Middle East Contributor(s): Chatty, Dawn (Editor), Rabo, Annika (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1859739156 ISBN-13: 9781859739150 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: With the creation of the modern nation-state in the Middle East and North Africa, women have been and continue to be manipulated to represent a cultural ideal of perfect womanhood. This is often greatly at odds with the realities of women's lives and aspirations. However, individual women, through careful manipulation of gender relations, often succeed in casting aside the culturally accepted bonds which diminish their lives. Even so, women in groups are deemed unacceptable unless they conform to state mandates. In many countries in the Middle East, women are only legally permitted to form groups which are charitable organizations concerned with the welfare of the disabled or the handicapped. Clearly women in groups are perceived as a threat by the state. This challenging book examines the nature of the relationship between both women and the state and men and the state. It presents a balanced mix of theoretical and empirical research which analyzes both the formal and informal ways in which women have organized themselves, and been organized, in Arab society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 305.406 |
| LCCN: 97204030 |
| Series: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.46" W x 8.46" (0.60 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the creation of the modern nation-state in the Middle East and North Africa, women have been and continue to be manipulated to represent a cultural ideal of perfect womanhood. This is often greatly at odds with the realities of women's lives and aspirations. However, individual women, through careful manipulation of gender relations, often succeed in casting aside the culturally accepted bonds which diminish their lives.Even so, women in groups are deemed unacceptable unless they conform to state mandates. In many countries in the Middle East, women are only legally permitted to form groups which are charitable organizations concerned with the welfare of the disabled or the handicapped. Clearly women in groups are perceived as a threat by the state.This challenging book examines the nature of the relationship between both women and the state and men and the state. It presents a balanced mix of theoretical and empirical research which analyzes both the formal and informal ways in which women have organized themselves, and been organized, in Arab society. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chatty, Dawn: - Dawn Chatty is a Senior Research Officer, in the Refugee Studies Programme, at the University of Oxford. Rabo, Annika: - Annika Rabo is an Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, at Linkoping University, Sweden. |