Revolutionary Womanhood: Feminisms, Modernity, and the State in Nasser's Egypt

by Laura Bier

Book Overview

The first major historical account of gender politics during the Nasser era, Revolutionary Womanhood analyzes feminism as a system of ideas and political practices, international in origin but local in iteration. Drawing connections between the secular nationalist projects that emerged in the 1950s and the gender politics of Islamism today, Laura Bier reveals how discussions about education, companionate marriage, and enlightened motherhood,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804774390
• ISBN13: 9780804774390
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.6"