Middle East Gender Books

New and Published Books

1. Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran

   Interior Revolutions of the Modern Era

   By Pamela Karimi

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Examining Iran’s recent history through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran demonstrates that a significant component of the modernization process in Iran advanced beyond political and public spheres. On the cusp of Iran’s entry into...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean

   Edited by Fatima Sadiqi

   Series: Routledge Advances in Mediterranean Studies

   Women in the Mediterranean have helped constitute new meanings of knowledge whilst simultaneously providing a wealth of material that is now part of the knowledge archive of the area. The inception of types of knowledge that differ from the conventional necessitates a re-definition of the concept...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Women and Turkish Cinema

   Gender Politics, Cultural Identity and Representation

   By Eylem Atakav

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle East Film and Media

   Since 2000, there has been a considerable effort in Turkish cinema to come to terms with the military’s intervention in politics and subsequent national trauma. It has resulted in an outpouring of cinematic texts. This book focuses on women and Turkish cinema in the context of gender politics,...

   Published November 7th 2012 by Routledge
4. Social and Gender Inequality in Oman

   The Power of Religious and Political Tradition

   By Khalid M. Al-Azri

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   Looking at the social, political and legal changes in Oman since 1970, this book challenges the Islamic and tribal traditional cultural norms relating to marriage, divorce and women’s rights which guide social and legal practice in the modern Omani state. The book argues that despite the...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. Navigating Contemporary Iran

   Challenging Economic, Social and Political Perceptions

   Edited by Eric Hooglund, Leif Stenberg

   Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

   This detailed examination of contemporary Iran addresses the most important current social, political, and economic issues facing the nation and the way it is perceived by the outside world. The volume brings together some of the most important scholars and researchers in the field, working in such...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
6. Domestic Violence in Iran

   Women, Marriage and Islam

   By Zahra Tizro

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book offers a new methodological and theoretical approach to the highly sensitive and complicated issue of violence against women in contemporary Iran. Challenging the widespread notion that secularisation and modernisation are the keys to emancipating women, the author instead posits that...

   Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge
7. The Arab State and Women's Rights

   The Trap of Authoritarian Governance

   By Elham Manea

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   Researchers studying gender politics in Arab societies have been puzzled by a phenomenon common in many Arab states – while women are granted suffrage rights, they are often discriminated against by the state in their private lives. This book addresses this phenomenon, maintaining that the Arab...

   Published June 1st 2011 by Routledge
8. Gender and Violence in the Middle East

   Edited by Moha Ennaji, Fatima Sadiqi

   Series: UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series

   This book explores the relationship between Islamism, secularism and violence against women in the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on case studies from across the region, the authors examine the historical, cultural, religious, social, legal and political factors affecting this key issue....

   Published April 18th 2011 by Routledge
9. Gender in Contemporary Iran

   Pushing the Boundaries

   Edited by Roksana Bahramitash, Eric Hooglund

   Series: Iranian Studies

   This book examines gender and the dynamics of social change in contemporary Iran, documenting the changes in women’s lives and showing how women have now become agents of social change rather than victims. Bringing together the detailed primary research of a number of eminent scholars working in...

   Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
10. Women in the Middle East and North Africa

    Agents of Change

    Edited by Fatima Sadiqi, Moha Ennaji

    Series: UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series

    This book examines the position of women in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Although it is culturally diverse, this region shares many commonalities with relation to women that are strong, deep, and pervasive: a space-based patriarchy, a culturally strong sense of...

    Published October 24th 2010 by Routledge