Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance : Lessons from the Arab World.
Said, Professor Maha El.
Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance : Lessons from the Arab World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (274 pages)
Front cover -- More praise -- About the editors -- Title page -- Untitled -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance in the Arab World -- Rethinking the Arab Spring -- Gender and Socio-Political Transformation -- The Malleability of Gender and Sexuality in Revolutions and Resistance -- The Body and Resistance -- Gender and the Construction of the Secular/Islamic Binary -- Structure of the Book -- Notes -- References -- PART I The Malleability of Gender and Sexuality in Revolutions and Resistance -- 1 Reconstructing Gender in Post-Revolution Egypt -- Introduction -- Back to the 1990s -- Space of Appearance Lost -- Space of Appearance Restored -- From Victim to Warrior -- In Conclusion? -- Notes -- References -- 2 Resignifying 'Sexual' Colonial Power Techniques: The Experiences of Palestinian Women Political Prisoners -- The Articulations of Sexuality -- Sexual Interrogation Techniques in Colonial Contexts -- Writing Palestinian Women Political Prisoners -- Sumud: Opening Up Possibilities for Resignification -- The Potential Failure of Repetitious Sexual Power Techniques -- Subverting the Ontological Bases of the Body -- Transforming the Self and Society's Values -- Subverting Western Feminist Constructions of Palestinian Women -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 A Strategic Use of Culture: Egyptian Women's Subversion and Resignification of Gender Norms -- Introduction -- Baheya Ya Masr: Women's Political Activism -- Doaa Eladl: Subversive Caricature -- Political Women on Walls -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART II The Body and Resistance -- 4 She Resists: Body Politics between Radical and Subaltern -- Introduction -- Body as Resistance -- The Case of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy: 'The Nude Blogger' -- The Case of Sama El-Masry -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References. 5 Framing the Female Body: Beyond Morality and Pathology? -- Introduction -- Between Conformity and Rebellion: Understandings of the Female Body before 2011 -- The Female Body in the Arab Spring -- The Naked Female Body: The Cases of Aliaa Elmahdy and Amina Sboui -- Framing the Female Body -- The Self and the Collective: Nudity as Resistance -- Liberal Frames and Responses -- Frames and Responses from Women -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Women's Bodies in Post-Revolution Libya: Control and Resistance -- Introduction -- Appropriation and Instrumentalization of Women's Bodies: From Gaddafi's Jamahariya to the New Libya -- The Political Transition in Post-Gaddafi Libya: Women's Bodies as Battlefields in the Political Struggle -- The Campaign against CEDAW -- Women Members of the General National Congress (GNC) -- Violence against Women in Public Spaces -- Women's Resistance to Patriarchy in the New Libya: Between Confrontation and Compliance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART III Gender and the Construction of the Secular/Islamic Binary -- 7 Islamic Feminism and the Equivocation ofPolitical Engagement': Fair is foul, and foul is fair' -- Introduction -- Women's Movements and the State -- State Feminism in Egypt -- Islamic Feminism and the Changing Political Context -- The Politics and Ethics of Islamic Feminism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Islamic and Secular Women's Activism and Discourses in Post-Uprising Tunisia -- Introduction -- Historical Context for Women's Rights in Tunisia -- Discourses of Women's Rights in Post-Uprising Tunisia and Dynamics of Women's Activism -- Ideological Differences but Common Goals to Defend Women's Equal Rights -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Conclusion: Towards New Epistemologies and Ontologies of Gender and Socio-Political Transformation in the Arab World -- References. About the Contributors -- Index.
How political turmoil and dissent are re-shaping gender roles in the Arab world.
9781783602841
Women - Political activity - Arab countries.
Electronic books.
HQ1784
305.4/09174927
Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance : Lessons from the Arab World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (274 pages)
Front cover -- More praise -- About the editors -- Title page -- Untitled -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance in the Arab World -- Rethinking the Arab Spring -- Gender and Socio-Political Transformation -- The Malleability of Gender and Sexuality in Revolutions and Resistance -- The Body and Resistance -- Gender and the Construction of the Secular/Islamic Binary -- Structure of the Book -- Notes -- References -- PART I The Malleability of Gender and Sexuality in Revolutions and Resistance -- 1 Reconstructing Gender in Post-Revolution Egypt -- Introduction -- Back to the 1990s -- Space of Appearance Lost -- Space of Appearance Restored -- From Victim to Warrior -- In Conclusion? -- Notes -- References -- 2 Resignifying 'Sexual' Colonial Power Techniques: The Experiences of Palestinian Women Political Prisoners -- The Articulations of Sexuality -- Sexual Interrogation Techniques in Colonial Contexts -- Writing Palestinian Women Political Prisoners -- Sumud: Opening Up Possibilities for Resignification -- The Potential Failure of Repetitious Sexual Power Techniques -- Subverting the Ontological Bases of the Body -- Transforming the Self and Society's Values -- Subverting Western Feminist Constructions of Palestinian Women -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 A Strategic Use of Culture: Egyptian Women's Subversion and Resignification of Gender Norms -- Introduction -- Baheya Ya Masr: Women's Political Activism -- Doaa Eladl: Subversive Caricature -- Political Women on Walls -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART II The Body and Resistance -- 4 She Resists: Body Politics between Radical and Subaltern -- Introduction -- Body as Resistance -- The Case of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy: 'The Nude Blogger' -- The Case of Sama El-Masry -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References. 5 Framing the Female Body: Beyond Morality and Pathology? -- Introduction -- Between Conformity and Rebellion: Understandings of the Female Body before 2011 -- The Female Body in the Arab Spring -- The Naked Female Body: The Cases of Aliaa Elmahdy and Amina Sboui -- Framing the Female Body -- The Self and the Collective: Nudity as Resistance -- Liberal Frames and Responses -- Frames and Responses from Women -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Women's Bodies in Post-Revolution Libya: Control and Resistance -- Introduction -- Appropriation and Instrumentalization of Women's Bodies: From Gaddafi's Jamahariya to the New Libya -- The Political Transition in Post-Gaddafi Libya: Women's Bodies as Battlefields in the Political Struggle -- The Campaign against CEDAW -- Women Members of the General National Congress (GNC) -- Violence against Women in Public Spaces -- Women's Resistance to Patriarchy in the New Libya: Between Confrontation and Compliance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART III Gender and the Construction of the Secular/Islamic Binary -- 7 Islamic Feminism and the Equivocation ofPolitical Engagement': Fair is foul, and foul is fair' -- Introduction -- Women's Movements and the State -- State Feminism in Egypt -- Islamic Feminism and the Changing Political Context -- The Politics and Ethics of Islamic Feminism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Islamic and Secular Women's Activism and Discourses in Post-Uprising Tunisia -- Introduction -- Historical Context for Women's Rights in Tunisia -- Discourses of Women's Rights in Post-Uprising Tunisia and Dynamics of Women's Activism -- Ideological Differences but Common Goals to Defend Women's Equal Rights -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Conclusion: Towards New Epistemologies and Ontologies of Gender and Socio-Political Transformation in the Arab World -- References. About the Contributors -- Index.
How political turmoil and dissent are re-shaping gender roles in the Arab world.
9781783602841
Women - Political activity - Arab countries.
Electronic books.
HQ1784
305.4/09174927