Of Virgins and Martyrs - Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict

Informationen zum Autor David Jacobson is a professor of sociology at the University of South Florida and the founding director of the Citizenship Initiative. He is author of Rights across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of Citizenship and Place and Belonging in America , both published by Johns Hopkins. Klappentext This index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity. Zusammenfassung This index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity.

About the author

David Jacobson is a professor of sociology at the University of South Florida and the founding director of the Citizenship Initiative. He is author of Rights across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of Citizenship and Place and Belonging in America, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Product details

• Authors: David Jacobson, David (Professor Jacobson, Jacobson David
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9781421407531
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-0753-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Themes in Global Social Change; Themes in Global Social Change
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Sociology: sexual relations, Gender studies: women, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality