Gender and violence in Islamic societies : patriarchy, Islamism and politics in the Middle East and North Africa /

Gender and violence in Islamic societies : patriarchy, Islamism and politics in the Middle East and North Africa /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Description:	viii, 286 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English Arabic
Series:	Library of modern Middle East studies ; 134 Library of modern Middle East studies ; 134.
Subject:	Women -- Violence against -- Middle East. Women -- Violence against -- Africa, North. Family violence -- Middle East. Family violence -- Africa, North. Family violence. Women -- Violence against. Africa, North. Middle East.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9285697

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Salhi, Zahia Smail.
ISBN:	9781780765303 (hbk.) 1780765304 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-280) and index.
Summary:	As a result of the revolutions and movements of resistance that spread across the Middle East and North Africa after 2011, the issue of public violence by the state against both men and women dominated the headlines. But gender-based violence, in both its public and private forms, has for the most part remained unnoticed and is often ignored. The forms that this kind of violence can take are influenced by cultural norms and religious beliefs, as well as economic and political circumstances. Here, Zahia Smail Salhi brings together a wide range of examples of gender-based violence across the Middle East and North Africa, from working environments in Jordan to domestic abuse in Egypt, and from verbal violence against women in Tunisia and Algeria to analysis of violence against underage girl domestic workers in Morocco. The evidence demonstrates that the violence, far from being of universal character across the region, is instead diverse, in both its intensity and in the processes of addressing such violence. -- Provided by publisher.

Regenstein, Bookstacks

Loading map link

Holdings details from Regenstein, Bookstacks
Call Number:	HV6250.4.W65G4543 2013
c.1	Available Loan period: standard loan Scan and Deliver Request for Pickup Need help? - Ask a Librarian