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Women in Revolutionary Egypt: Gender and the New Geographics of Identity
Shereen Abouelnaga
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Description for Women in Revolutionary Egypt: Gender and the New Geographics of Identity
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. .
The 25 January 2011 uprising and the unprecedented dissent and discord to which it gave rise shattered the notion of homogeneity that had characterized state representations of Egypt and Egyptians since 1952. It allowed for the eruption of identities along multiple lines, including class, ideology, culture, and religion, long suppressed by state control. Concomitantly a profusion of women's voices arose to further challenge the state-managed feminism that had sought to define and carefully circumscribe women's social and civic roles in Egypt.Women in Revolutionary Egypt takes the uprising as the point of departure for an exploration of how gender in post-Mubarak ... Read more
The 25 January 2011 uprising and the unprecedented dissent and discord to which it gave rise shattered the notion of homogeneity that had characterized state representations of Egypt and Egyptians since 1952. It allowed for the eruption of identities along multiple lines, including class, ideology, culture, and religion, long suppressed by state control. Concomitantly a profusion of women's voices arose to further challenge the state-managed feminism that had sought to define and carefully circumscribe women's social and civic roles in Egypt.Women in Revolutionary Egypt takes the uprising as the point of departure for an exploration of how gender in post-Mubarak ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774167478
SKU
V9789774167478
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About Shereen Abouelnaga
Shereen Abouelnaga is professor of English and comparative literature at Cairo University. She has written widely in English and Arabic on cultural and literary topics, with a special focus on gender.
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