Women in Iraq : past meets present /
Efrati, Noga.
Women in Iraq : past meets present / Noga Efrati. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2012. - xviii, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-224) and index.
Introduction: the historical setting -- Occupation, monarchy, and customary law: tribalizing women -- Family law as a site of struggle and subordination -- Politics, election law, and exclusion -- Gender discourse and discontent: activism unraveled -- Challenging the government's gender discourse -- Epilogue: past meets present.
9780231158145 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231530248 (ebook)
2011022457
Women--Social conditions.--Iraq
Feminism--History.--Iraq
Women's rights--History.--Iraq
HQ1735 / .E47 2012
305.4209567
Women in Iraq : past meets present / Noga Efrati. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2012. - xviii, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-224) and index.
Introduction: the historical setting -- Occupation, monarchy, and customary law: tribalizing women -- Family law as a site of struggle and subordination -- Politics, election law, and exclusion -- Gender discourse and discontent: activism unraveled -- Challenging the government's gender discourse -- Epilogue: past meets present.
9780231158145 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231530248 (ebook)
2011022457
Women--Social conditions.--Iraq
Feminism--History.--Iraq
Women's rights--History.--Iraq
HQ1735 / .E47 2012
305.4209567