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Women of the Midan : the untold stories of Egypt's revolutionaries
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Women of the Midan : the untold stories of Egypt's revolutionaries / Sherine Hafez.
ISBN
9780253040619
0253040612
9780253040602
0253040604
Publication
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2019
Physical Description
xliv, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
Though the testimonies of Egyptian women who participated in the revolution, Women of the Midan foregrounds the role of the gendered body as an agent of collective action and transformation--a practice and process that challenges traditional notions of how women are represented in the Middle East.
Other formats
Online version: Hafez, Sherine, author. Women of the Midan Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2019
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 30, 2019
Series
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Recentering Gender in Revolution : Timeline 2011 to 2015
Telling the Stories of Revolutionary Women
Gender and Corporeality in Egypt : A History
Gender, Class, and Revolt in Neoliberal Cairo
The Lived Experience of Women's Struggle
Bodies That Protest
The Specter of Gender Violence
Taking Resistance Virtually : Corporeality and Sexual Taboos.
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