Tunisia's Modern Woman: Nation-Building and State Feminism in the Global 1960s

ISBN-13: 9781108845045 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 280 str.

Amy Aisen Kallander

Opis

Looking at women, politics, and culture in Tunisia from 1950s independence to the 1970s, highlighting the centrality of women to post-colonial state-building.

Recenzje

'… an in-depth study of the evolution of Tunisia's state feminism. With its findings on the collision between modern nationhood and modern womanhood in Tunisia, it will interest both political scientist and cultural scholars of the Middle East and North Africa.' Chaoqun Lian, China International Strategy Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Between State Feminism and Global Sisterhood; 2. Family Planning as Development: Urban Women, Rural Families, and Reproductive Justice; 3. Postcolonial Tunisian Academics: Between International Aid, National Imperatives, and Local Knowledge; 4. Fashion, Consumption, and Modern Gender Roles; 5. Love and Sex: The Limits of Modern Womanhood and Heterosexual Masculinity; Conclusion: Love, Politics, and Bread.