Gender, Ethnicity and Political Ideologies

ISBN-13: 9780415148214 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 208 str.

Nickie Charles; Helen Hintjens

Opis

There have been a number of political issues that involve religious fundamentalism, inter-ethnic conflict and the process of democratization. In this study the authors develop a feminist perspective on these issues and reveal the way that political ideologies use women as symbols of cultural perspective. Topics for discussion include: Yugoslavia; the emergence of a male democracy in Chile; women's rights in Israel; the far right and women in France; and the experience of immigrants in Britain. This study of women's involvement with restrictive political ideologies aims to demonstrate the importance of a feminist politics that enables women to understand and work with each other across the boundaries that divide them.

Recenzje

'I think it is imprtant reading for all development practitioners...This book enables readers from all backgrounds to develop a firm grasp of these important concepts, and to understand how they affetc women in particular.' - Development in Practice, Vol 9. No.3 1999

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Gender, ethnicity and cultural identity: womens ‘places’, Nickie Charles, Helen Hintjens; Chapter 2 Founding fathers and earth mothers, Sarah Benton; Chapter 3 Identity: feminist perspectives on ‘race’, ethnicity and nationality, Sheila Allen; Chapter 4 The logics of exclusion, Mirjana Morokvasic; Chapter 5 When society was simple, Eleonore Kofman; Chapter 6 Strategies of resistance among the Muslim minority in West Yorkshire, Haleh Afshar; Chapter 7 Citizen warriors, workers and mothers, Valerie Bryson; Chapter 8 Women's activism, authoritarianism and democratisation in Chile, Georgina Waylen; Chapter 9 Beyond differences, Nira Yuval-Davis;