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Book SynopsisIn a series of case studies focusing on the Arab spring revolutions, the contributors to
Freedom without Permission reveal the centrality of the intersections between body, gender, and space to the revolutions, showing how a diverse group of women and girls publicly disputed gender and sexual norms.
Trade Review"This book will certainly add to the scholarship and would be a highly informative read for those interested in deeply understanding the multiple levels and spaces in which revolution has happened in the Arab world and beyond.
Freedom Without Permission is an insightful and fascinating read." -- Autumn R. Cockrell-Abdullah * Journal of International and Global Studies *
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Freedom without Permission offers a variety of analyses and viewpoints while considering women’s bodies and spaces as sites of revolutions and uprisings. All contributing authors demonstrate an eye for detail and a strength of analysis that have shaped gender politics and the politics of gender during and after the revolutions." -- Douja M. Mamelouk * Review of Middle East Studies *
“The articles provide fascinating accounts of gendered and embodied politics of space that defy a reductionist approach to revolutionary insurgencies.” -- Gül Aldikaçti Marshall * Gender & Society *
"This collection presents an important contribution not only to gender studies and Middle Eastern studies, but to the study of revolutions and social movements." -- Deema Kaedbey * Journal of Middle East Women's Studies *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction / Frances S. Hasso and Zakia Salime 1
1. Politics in the Digital Boudoir: Sentimentality and the Transformation of Civil Debate in Egyptian Women's Blogs / Sonali Pahwa 25
2. Gender and the Fractured Mythscapes of National Identity in Revolutionary Tunisia / Lamia Benyoussef 51
3. Making Intimate "Civilpolitics" in Southern Yemen / Susanne Dahlgren 80
4. The Sect-Sex-Police Nexus and Politics in Bahrain's Pearl Revolution / Frances S. Hasso 105
5. "The Women Are Coming": Gender, Space, and the Politics of Inauguration / Zakia Salime 138
6. Cautious Enactments: Interstitial Spaces of Gender Politics in Saudia Arabia / Susana Galán 166
7. Revolution Undressed: The Politics of Rage and Aesthetics in Aliaa Elmahdy's Body Activism / Karina Eileraas 196
8. Intimate Politics of Protest: Gendering Embodiments and Redefining Spaces in Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park and the Arab Revolutions / Banu Gökariksel 221
Bibliography 259
Contributors 279
Index 283
