Women in Iraq past meets present /

Efrati, Noga.

Women in Iraq past meets present / [electronic resource] : Noga Efrati. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2012. - xviii, 236 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the historical setting -- Occupation, monarchy, and customary law: tribalizing women -- Family law as a site of struggle and subordination -- Politics, election law, and exclusion -- Gender discourse and discontent: activism unraveled -- Challenging the government's gender discourse -- Epilogue: past meets present.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780231530248 (electronic bk.)




Women--Social conditions.--Iraq
Feminism--History.--Iraq
Women's rights--History.--Iraq


Electronic books.

HQ1735 / .E47 2012

305.4209567