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What Kind of Liberation?
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Women and the Occupation of Iraq
By
Nadje Al-Ali, Nicola Pratt
$26.51
Price includes NZ wide delivery! Ships from UK supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback / softback, 240 pages | | Published In: | United States, 12 January 2010 | Hurry - Only 4 left in stock! |
In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation - especially for women. The first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, "What Kind of Liberation?" reports from the heart of the war zone with dire news of scarce resources, growing unemployment, violence, and seclusion. Moreover, the book exposes the gap between rhetoric that placed women center stage and the present reality of their diminishing roles in the 'new Iraq'. Based on interviews with Iraqi women's rights activists, international policy makers, and NGO workers and illustrated with photographs taken by Iraqi women, "What Kind of Liberation?" speaks through an astonishing array of voices. Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt correct the widespread view that the country's violence, sectarianism, and systematic erosion of women's rights come from something inherent in Muslim, Middle Eastern, or Iraqi culture. They also demonstrate how in spite of competing political agendas, Iraqi women activists are resolutely pressing to be part of the political transition, reconstruction, and shaping of the new Iraq. |
Table of ContentsForeword--Cynthia Enloe Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction 1. Iraqi Women before the Invasion 2. The Use and Abuse of Iraqi Women 3. Engendering the New Iraqi State 4. The Iraqi Women's Movement 5. Toward a Feminist and Anti-Imperialist Politics of Peace Notes Bibliography Index About the AuthorNadje Al-Ali is Reader in Gender Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Nicola Pratt is Lecturer in Comparative Politics and International Relations at the University of East Anglia. Reviews"A timely addition to scholarship on Iraq."--Publishers Weekly "Impressive."--The Middle East In London "Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt's research could not have come at a better time. What Kind of Liberation? offers a revolutionary perspective on the war."--Feminist Review "A very important tool for those of us living during the 'war on terror."--Fellowship Magazine "An important and timely addition to the literature on Iraq ... [Al-Ali and Pratt] have contributed significantly to the feminist struggle for peace."--Journal of Contemporary Asia
| Publisher: | University of California Press | | ISBN: | 0520265815 |
| EAN: | 9780520265813 | | Dimensions: | 22.4 x 14.22 x 2.08 centimeters (0.40 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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