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Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East (Women and Change in the Developing World)

By Valentine M. Moghadam

Book information

Publisher
L. Rienner Publishers
Year
1993
ISBN
1555873545, 9781555873547
LCC
HQ1726.5 .M64 1993
Open Library ID
OL1732765M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14305808 bytes)
Pages
265\166
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Exploring the impact of social change in the Middle East on women's status and roles, as well as women's varied responses, this book focuses on the gender dynamics of some of the major social processes in the region: economic development and women's employment, reforms and revolutions, the changing family, and Islamist movements. In doing so, it reveals that middle class women are at the centre of change and discourses about the change in the region. Moghadam crafts a conceptual framework based on the role of the state, development strategies, class, and culture in the shaping of women's lives. Writing from a Marxist-feminist perspective, she looks at the salience of the "woman question" and constructions of gender in the midst of social and political change. Data from a number of countries are presented, including in-depth case studies of Afghanistan and Iran.

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