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Gendering Urban Space in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa
. Ed(S): Rieker, Martina; Ali, K.
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Paperback. The essays in this book critically examine the ways in which gendered subjects negotiate their life-worlds in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African urban landscapes. They raise issues surrounding the city as a representative site of personal autonomy and political possibilities for women and/or men. Editor(s): Rieker, Martina; Ali, K. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
The essays in this book critically examine the ways in which gendered subjects negotiate their life-worlds in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African urban landscapes. They raise issues surrounding the city as a representative site of personal autonomy and political possibilities for women and/or men.
The essays in this book critically examine the ways in which gendered subjects negotiate their life-worlds in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African urban landscapes. They raise issues surrounding the city as a representative site of personal autonomy and political possibilities for women and/or men.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349535866
SKU
V9781349535866
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Rieker, Martina; Ali, K.
MARTINA RIEKER is Associate Director, Institute for Gender and Women's Studies at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. KAMRAN ALI is Assistant Professor at University of Texas, Austin, USA.
Reviews for Gendering Urban Space in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa
"Wide-reaching in its range of localities in the Global South, Rieker and Ali s framing argument for this collection of essays interrogates the efficacy of immutable epistemologies of urban space in modernist discourse . . .this powerful volume reveals through the lens of everyday stories how social space becomes a mediation of radical politics - at the conjuncture, the crossroads ... Read more