Women's bodies have become a battleground. Around the world, people argue about veiling, schooling for Afghan girls, and -SlutWalk- protests, all of which involve issues of women's sexuality and freedom. Globalization, with its emphasis on human rights and individuality, heats up these arguments. In Of Virgins and Martyrs, David Jacobson takes the reader on a fascinating tour of how self-identity developed throughout history and what individualism means for Muslim societies struggling to maintain a sense of honor in a globalized twenty-first century.
Some patriarchal...
Women's bodies have become a battleground. Around the world, people argue about veiling, schooling for Afghan girls, and -SlutWalk- protests, all o...
This volume explores key states and their changing conceptions of the international order in the post-Cold War era. Taken collectively, the contributors' analyses of the United States, the Soviet Union and its successor states, Japan, the People's Republic of China, the East Asian Little Dragons and Germany and the European Community paint a detailed portrait of the emerging world order. This multidisciplinary group of contributors utilizes a diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches to confront common themes and questions: How do states reorganize the world by creating idioms...
This volume explores key states and their changing conceptions of the international order in the post-Cold War era. Taken collectively, the contributo...
