Bøker av Suad Joseph

This collection of articles written by feminist scholars focuses on intimate Arab familial relationships. The authors identify key family relationships - mother-son, brother-sister, co-wives, father-daughter - to explore women's contribution to shaping and defining themselves in relation to others.

The essays in this work illustrate the various ways in which women in the Middle East fall short of being vested with the rights and privileges that would define them as fully enfranchised citizens. They offer an examination of national legislation on personal status, penal law and labour.

The Handbook provides an overview of the key historical, social, economic, political, religious, and cultural issues which have shaped the conditions and status of women in the ME. It will be of interest to gender/women's studies, pre-Islamic/post-Colonial, feminist, socio-political & socio-economic studies.