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Land of the unconquerable [electronic resource] : the lives of contemporary Afghan women / edited by Jennifer Heath and Ashraf Zahedi

Published:
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2011]
Copyright Date:
©2011
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 393 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators:
Heath, Jennifer and Zahedi, Ashraf, 1947-
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES -- 1.The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status / Shireen Khan Burki -- 2.Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereotypes, and Afghan Women's Agency / Margaret A. Mills -- 3.Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience / Anne E. Brodsky -- 4.Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women / Wahid Omar -- 5.Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube / Dinah Zeiger -- pt. II A WOMAN'S PLACE -- 6.Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? / Anna Larson -- 7.Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts / Azita Rafat -- 8.Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison / Lizette Potgieter -- 9.Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul / Alisa Tang -- 10.Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan / Deborah J. Smith -- pt. III TO BE WHOLE IN BODY AND MIND -- 11.The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan / Sima Samar -- 12.Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences / Pamela Chandler -- 13.Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades / Mary MacMakin -- 14.A Question of Access: Women and Food Security / Elizabeth Stites -- 15.Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health / Nahid Aziz -- pt. IV MAKING THE RUBBLE BLOOM -- 16.Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women / Rachel Lehr -- 17.Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy / Adam Pain -- 18.Chadari Politics: Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice / Lina Abirafeh -- 19.When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment / Ashraf Zahedi -- pt. V "DON'T ECLIPSE MY HAPPY NEW MOON" -- 20.Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success / Sakena Yacoobi -- 21.From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media / Aunobita Mojumdar -- 22.Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts / Lauryn Oates -- 23.A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets / Zuzanna Olszewska -- EPILOGUE: GREAT EXPECTATIONS -- 24.Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans / Amina Kator.
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ISBN:
9780520948990 (electronic bk.)
0520948998 (electronic bk.)
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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-377) and index.
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Acquisition:
Online copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2010.
Endowment Note:
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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