Arab Women

Plot

The notion of old boundaries and new frontiers posits the present as a time of change for women in the Arab world. Under the headings of gender discourses, women's work and development, politics and power, and gender roles and relations, a distinguished group of feminist scholars address Arab women's changing lives. Contents include: Judith E. Tucker, 'Introduction'; Barbara F. Stowasser, 'Women's Issues in Modern Islamic Thought'; Mervat Hatem, 'Toward the Development of Post-Islamist and Post-Nationalist Feminist Discourses in the Middle East'; Julie M. Peteet, 'Authenticity and Gender: The Presentation of Culture'; Margaret L. Meriwether, 'Women and Economic Change in Nineteenth-Century Syria: The Case of Aleppo'; Evelyn Aleene Early, 'Getting It Together: Baladi Egyptian Businesswomen'; Souad Dajani, OPalestinian Women under Israeli Occupation: Implications for Development'; Margot Badran, 'Independent Women: More Than a Century of Feminism in Egypt'; Sondra Hale, 'Transforming Culture or Fostering Second-Hand Consciousness? Women's Front Organizations and Revolutionary Parties - The Sudan Case'; Rosemary Sayigh, 'Palestinian Women and Politics in Lebanon'; Judith E. Tucker, 'The Arab Family in History: 'Otherness' and the Study of the Family'; Susan Schaefer Davis, 'Changing Gender Relations in a Moroccan Town'; Evelyne Accad, 'Rebellion, Maturity, and the Social Context: Arab Women's Special Contribution to Literature'.