Identity Politics And Women - Cultural Reassertions And Feminisms In International Perspective (Hardcover)

Identity politics refers to discourses and movements organized around questions of religious, ethnic, and national identity. This volume focuses on political cultural movements that are making a bid for state power, for fundamental juridical change, or for cultural hegemony. In particular, the contributors explore the relations of culture, identity, and women, providing vivid illustrations from around the world of the compelling nature of Woman as cultural symbol and Woman as political pawn in male-directed power struggles. The discussions also provide evidence of women as active participants and as active opponents of such movements. Taken together, the chapters provide answers to some pressing questions about these political-cultural movements: What are their causes? Who are the participants and social groups that support them? What are their objectives? Why are they preoccupied with gender and the control of women? The first section of the book offers theoretical, comparative, and historical approaches to the study of identity politics. A second section consists of thirteen case studies spanning Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Hindu countries and communities. In the final section, contributors discuss dilemmas posed by identity politics and the strategies designed in response.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2019
First published:	1994
Editors:	Valentine M. Moghadam
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	472
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-01119-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
LSN:	0-367-01119-0
Barcode:	9780367011192

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