Modernizing women : gender and social change in the Middle East /
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| Author / Creator: | Moghadam, Valentine M., 1952- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner, 2003. |
| Description: | xv, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4914844 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Note on Transliteration and the Iranian Calendar
- 1. Recasting the Middle East, North Africa, and Afghanistan
- Debating the Status of Muslim Women
- Assessing Women's Status
- Diversity in the Middle East
- A Framework for Analysis: Gender, Class, the State, Development
- Social Changes and Women in the Middle East
- 2. Economic Development, State Policy, and Women's Employment
- The Internationalization of Capital and the Middle East
- Oil, Liberalization, and Women's Employment
- Industrialization and Female Proletarianization
- Characteristics of the Female Labor Force
- State Policies and Women's Status: Some Cases
- Development, Work, and Women's Empowerment
- Conclusion
- 3. Reforms, Revolutions, and "the Woman Question"
- Gendering Revolutions
- The Kemalist Revolution in Turkey
- National Liberation, Revolution, and Gender in Algeria
- The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
- Revolution, Islamization, and Women in Iran
- Afghanistan: The Saur Revolution and Women's Rights
- Revolution, State Building, and Women
- 4. Patriarchy and the Changing Family
- Patriarchal Society and Family
- Family Structure in the Middle East
- Neopatriarchal States and Personal Status Laws
- The Demographic Transition and Changes in Fertility Behavior
- Education and Women's Empowerment
- Conclusion
- 5. Islamist Movements and Women's Responses
- Causes and Social Bases of Islamist Movements
- Gharbzadegi: Problematics of Class and Gender
- States and Islamist Movements
- Personal Status Laws and the Control of Women
- Women and Islamist Movements: Some Cases
- Conclusion: Women's Responses to Islamist Movements
- 6. Iran: From Islamization to Islamic Feminism--and Beyond?
- Gender Ideology and Policies
- The Decline of Women's Status in the 1980s
- Liberalization and Policy Shifts in the 1990s
- Women in the Labor Force: Still Marginalized
- The Emergence of Islamic Feminism
- Conclusion: Religious State, Secular Society?
- 7. Afghanistan: Revolution, Reaction, and Attempted Reconstruction
- Afghan Social Structure and Its Implications for Women
- A Prototype of the Weak State
- Early Reforms Concerning Women
- Characteristics of Afghan Patriarchy
- The DRA and Women's Rights
- Internationalized Civil Conflict
- From Revolution to Reconciliation
- Social Organizations and Social Services
- Women in the Refugee Camps
- Gender Shock: Life Under Islamist Rule
- Toward Reconstruction, Development, and Women's Rights
- Conclusion
- 8. All That Is Solid Melts into Air ...
- Engendering Citizenship, Feminizing Civil Society
- Women in Movement: Claims and Gains
- Conclusion
- List of Acronyms
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book