Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism - The Politics of Transition

Informationen zum Autor Robert E. Miller, Rick Wilford Klappentext Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism asks whether societies caught in political or social transition provide new opportunities for women, or instead, create new burdens and obstacles for them. Using contemporary case-studies, each author looks at the interaction of gender ethnicity and class in a divided society. The varying experiences of women are discussed in the following countries: Northern Ireland; South Africa; the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; Yemen; Lebanon and Malaysia. Zusammenfassung Using contemporary case studies, Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism asks whether societies caught in political and social transition provide new opportunties for women or, instead, create new burdens and obstacles for them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on contributors, Preface and acknowledgements, Women, ethnicity and nationalism: surveying the ground, Gender and nation, Identity, location, plurality: women, nationalism and Northern Ireland, Gender, nationalism and transformation: difference and commonality in South Africa’s past and present, Women in contemporary Russia and the former Soviet Union, Back to the future: nationalism and gender in post-socialist societies, Women’s rights and political conflict in Yemen 1990–1994, Communal violence, civil war and foreign occupation: women in Lebanon, Islamization and modernization in Malaysia: competing cultural, reassertions and women’s identity in a changing society, Conclusion, Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert E. (Health Sciences Informatics) Wi Miller, Robert E. (University of New Mexico Miller, Robert E. Wilford Miller, Rick Miller Wilford, WILFORD RICK MILLER ROBERT L
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert E Miller (Editore), Robert E. Miller (Editore), Robert E. (University of New Mexico Miller (Editore), Robert L. Miller (Editore), Miller Robert E. (Editore), Rick Wilford (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.06.1998
• EAN: 9780415171366
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17136-6
• Pagine: 224
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Anthropologie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls