Afghan Women ：Identity and Invasion ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Identity and Invasion

Publication series ：1

Author： Rostami-Povey   Elaheh  

Publisher： Zed Books‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9781848130487

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781842778562

Subject： C91 Sociology

Keyword： 社会学

Language： ENG

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Description

Looks at how women have fought repression and challenged stereotypes within Afghanistan. The future of womens rights in Afghanistan, the author argues, depends not only on overcoming local male domination, but also on challenging imperial domination and blurring the growing divide between the West and the Muslim world.

Chapter

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Acronyms

Preface

Map of Afghanistan

1 | Introduction

Gender, ethnicity, agency and identity

A short history

The structure of the book

Notes

2 | Resistance and struggle under the Taliban

Communal identity and gender relations

The civil war and the Taliban period

The experiences of Afghan women under the Taliban

Women’s survival strategies

Notes

3 | Under invasion

International security forces

The UN and international NGOs

The state, foreign private companies and the warlords

The opium economy

Women and reconstruction

Education

Returned refugees

Pornography and Bollywood

Is Afghanistan better now?

Notes

4 | Exile and identity

Migration to Iran and Pakistan

Migration to the USA and the UK

Diasporic consciousness in Iran and Pakistan

Exile, history and Afghan futures

Changing gender relations in the context of Islamic culture

Diasporic consciousness: the impact of 9/11 and 7/7

Conclusion

Notes

5 | Challenging domination

The imperial agenda

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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