{"product_id":"land-of-the-unconquerable-9780520261853","title":"Land of the Unconquerable","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a three-dimensional portrait of Afghan women. This title examines the realities of life for women in both urban and rural settings. It addresses topics including food security, sex work, health, marriage, education, poetry, politics, prisoners, and community development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Paints] a textured picture of the lives of both Afghan women and men... Provides them with texture and nuance, and reflects their strength.\" Huffington Post \"Indispensable reading for anyone sincerely interested in fostering peace and well-being for Afghanistan and its people.\" Choice \"The book provides insights into the many-layered lives of Afghan women.\" -- Taran N. Khan Himal Southasian \"One comes away from this mosaic-like presentation with the sense of having traveled through a wide variety of Afghan milieus accompanied by highly knowledgable guides and having had informative first-hand experiences of problems facing Afghan women.\" -- Ann Elizabeth Mayer Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction Jennifer Heath  Part I. Perceptions and Realities 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status Shireen Khan Burki  2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereotypes, and Afghan Women's Agency Margaret A. Mills  3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience Anne E. Brodsky  4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women Wahid Omar  5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube Dinah Zeiger  Part II. A Woman's Place 6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? Anna Larson  7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts Massouda Jalal, Malalai Joya, Fawzia Koofi, and Azita Rafat  8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison Lizette Potgieter  9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul Alisa Tang  10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan Deborah J. Smith  Part III. To Be Whole in Body and Mind 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan Sima Samar  12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences Pamela Chandler  13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades Mary MacMakin  14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security Elizabeth Stites  15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health Nahid Aziz  Part IV. Making the Rubble Bloom 16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women Rachel Lehr  17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy Jo Grace and Adam Pain  18. Chadari Politics: Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice Lina Abirafeh  19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment Ashraf Zahedi  Part V. \"Don't Eclipse My Happy New Moon\" 20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success Sakena Yacoobi  21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media Aunohita Mojumdar  22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts Lauryn Oates  23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets Zuzanna Olszewska  Epilogue: Great Expectations 24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans Amina Kator  Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402841432407,"sku":"9780520261853","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520261853.jpg?v=1730481660","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/land-of-the-unconquerable-9780520261853","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}