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Book SynopsisA collection of essays which questions long-standing stereotypes about the traditional subordination of women in the Middle East. It offers an exploration of tradition, identity, and power in different parts of the Middle East.
Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East Through Voice and Experience, by Fatma Muge Gocek and Shiva Balaghi Part One: The Reconstruction of Tradition Gender, Tradition, and History, by Juan R.I. Cole Neotraditionalism in the Poetry of Simin Behbahani, by Farzaneh Milani Wearing the Hijah in Contemporary Morocco: Choice and Identity, by Leila Hessini Turkish Women and the Republican Reconstruction of Tradition, by Zehra F. Arat , by Part Two: The Reconstruction of Identity Gender, Identity, and Anthropology, by Ruth Behar Notes from the Village: On the Ethnographic Construction of Women in Iran, by Erika Friedl Women's Movement of the 1980s in Turkey: Radical Outcome of Liberal Kemalism?, by Yesim Arat Growing up in Israel: A Personal Perspective, by Rachel Persico Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine: Engendering the Intifada, by Leila Hudson Part Three: The Reconstruction of Power "Metaphors Can Kill": Gender, Power, and the Field of the Literary, by Anne Herrmann Arab Women Arab Wars, by Miriam Cooke Arab Male, Hebrew Female: The Lure of Metaphors, by Anton Shammas Where Has All the Power Gone? Women and Politics in Popular Quarters of Cairo, by Diane Singerman Keeping It in the Family: Gender and Conflict in Moroccan Arabic Proverbs, by Elizabeth M. Bergman Bibliography
