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Africa

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215130
ISBN
9780253215130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. This book examines women and leadership in West Africa, with a special focus on Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone--the Mano River Union countries. These countries have traditions of indigenous female leadership in executive positions in varying degrees, and all three have a tradition of organizations that form important power bases for women. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338128
ISBN
9780230338128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Paperback. Contains essays which analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume includes essays that also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Editor(s): Joseph, Suad; Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJPG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217490
ISBN
9780812217490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 black and white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081132
ISBN
9780252081132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

hardcover. This volume's transnational mixture, along with its use of creative analytical approaches, challenges existing paradigms and summons new models for studying women, religions, and diasporic shiftings across time and space. Editor(s): Griffith, R. Marie; Savage, Barbara Dianne. Series: Lived Religions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14, 13 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; HRCV; HRLM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801883699
ISBN
9780801883699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.78

Paperback. 186 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Olonisakin, Funmi; Okech, Awino. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSJ1; JPS; LBBS. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pambazuka Press
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906387891
ISBN
9781906387891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. A powerful and revealing account of one of the most notorious rebel groups in the world and the impact it has had on the women of Nigeria. Series: African Arguments. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; GTF; GTJ; JFSJ1; JPWL; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786991454
ISBN
9781786991454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.14

Hardback. This work is a study of the social and economic opportunities open to and seized upon by Muslim Hausa women, primarily in the city of Katsina, Nigeria, since the 1970s. Series: Institute of Social Studies, the Hague. Num Pages: 489 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
489
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333984567
ISBN
9780333984567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.86

Paperback. Offers a collection of papers - presents the results of recent field research in the disciplines of history, political science, anthropology, sociology, and economics. Editor(s): Hafkin, Nancy J.; Bay, Edna G. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5411 x 3404 x 22. Weight in Grams: 351.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804710114
ISBN
9780804710114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215079
ISBN
9780253215079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. A compelling inquiry into the remaking of gender and sexuality in post-Mubarak Egypt Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167478
ISBN
9789774167478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 42.14

Hardcover. This book explores the complexity of women's social status in the Middle East and North African region and fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an up-to-date and comprehensive portrait of women's status from a theoretical and socio-demographic perspective. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103504
ISBN
9780230103504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.89

paperback. Tracing the evolution of the role of women beginning with ancient Middle Eastern societies through the seventeenth century, this book examines the interplay between local practices and early Islamic beliefs and institutions. It also examines the development of the foundations of Islamic law and practice with regard to women. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBJH; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212641
ISBN
9780253212641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.41

paperback. Series: Bayreuth African Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bayreuth African Studies
Edition
1.,
Condition
New
SKU
V9783927510869
ISBN
9783927510869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Based on extensive fieldwork, Women of Fes shows how Moroccan women create their own forms of identity through work, family, and society. The book also examines how women's lives are positioned vis-a-vis globalization, human rights, and the construction of national identity. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221312
ISBN
9780812221312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. The book is an exploration of the complexities of women's leadership in post-conflict Rwanda and South Africa. Through interviews with women who held political leadership positions in these countries, the book examines their educational, professional, activist, and personal backgrounds. It weaves a link between the complicated relationship Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 1HFMS; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783847407454
ISBN
9783847407454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.77

paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages, Ill.45figs.60tabs. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSF; JFSJ1; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Thela Thesis
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789055380190
ISBN
9789055380190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.61

Paperback. A pioneering study of women's movements in two developing-world revolutions and post-revolutionary transitions to neo-liberal democracies Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 1KLCN; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592138296
ISBN
9781592138296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardcover. For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite, the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inquiry that these writers so urgently deserve. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1HFGU; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108875
ISBN
9780230108875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Hardcover. Centering on women's movements before, during, and after the revolutions, Women's Movements in Post-"Arab Spring" North Africa highlights the broader sources of authority that affected the emergence of new feminist actors and agents and their impact on the sociopolitical landscapes of the region. Editor(s): Sadiqi, Fatima. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520470
ISBN
9781137520470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.18

Hardback. Aims to facilitate and support national and international efforts to empower women in the Middle East and North Africa. This study presents a comparative evaluation of women's rights in 17 selected countries and territories through a set of numerical scores, analytical narrative reports, and vital statistics. Series: Freedom in the World. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742549913
ISBN
9780742549913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.79

Hardcover. Discusses African women's verbal art Editor(s): Sidikou, Aissata G.; Hale, Thomas A. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 b&w illus, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AVGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356703
ISBN
9780253356703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. This text provides theoretical insight and analysis of the power relations between women's activism, Islamist thought and the Egyptian state. Comtemporary feminist debates among women's NGOs are examined, and the different perceptions of gender roles among Islamist men and women are contrasted. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFFK; JFSR2; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333688175
ISBN
9780333688175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardback. Reveals the impact of Tanzania's land law reforms and the ways in which women's rights to land ownership have been overridden in spite of law. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFSJ1; JPVH3; LNSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011138
ISBN
9781847011138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

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