Gender and National Identity by Valentine Moghadam

Gender and National Identity by Valentine Moghadam

This lucid and accessible collection explores gender and national identity within political movements in the Middle East, the Maghreb and South Asia. It reveals how nationalism, revolution and Islamization are gendered processes, and argues that in periods of political change, women are central to efforts to construct a national identity. The book focuses on predominantly Muslim movements, and includes Algerian women's experience in the national liberation movement; the struggle to construct a Bengali national identity and the creation of Bangladesh; events leading to revolution and Islamization in Iran; revolution and civil war in Afghanistan; and the Palestinian intifada.

'Nationalism, national liberation and national identity cannot be fully understood without reference to genderThis book casts new light on the relationship between revolutionary movements in Muslim societies, and issues of gender and women's status. I recommend it for those interested in women and Islam, women and development, and gender and political change.'
Kumari Jayawardena, author of Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World

'The authors enable us to see old problematics in a new light. Their analyses disturb common stereotypes and stimulate new questions. Important and timely.'
V. Spike Peterson, University of Arizona

Valentine M Moghadam is a senior research fellow at the World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Helsinki.

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ISBN 13	9781856492461
ISBN 10	185649246X
Title	Gender and National Identity
Author	Valentine Moghadam
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	1994-06-01
Number of pages	192
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