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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- A Note on Transliteration, Spelling, and Other Conventions -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I Islamism: An Emergent Worldview -- Chapter 2 Hasan al-Banna -- Chapter 3 Sayyid Abu'l-A'la Mawdudi -- Chapter 4 Sayyid Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali Nadwi -- Chapter 5 Sayyid Qutb -- Part II Remaking the Islamic State -- Chapter 6 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini -- Chapter 7 Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr -- Chapter 8 Hasan al-Turabi -- Chapter 9 Yusuf al-Qaradawi -- Part III Islamism and Gender -- Chapter 10 Murtaza Mutahhari -- Chapter 11 Zaynab al-Ghazali -- Chapter 12 Nadia Yassine -- Part IV Violence, Action, and Jihad -- Chapter 13 Muhammad 'Abd al-Salam Faraj -- Chapter 14 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman -- Chapter 15 Hamas -- Chapter 16 Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah -- Chapter 17 The Taliban -- Part V Globalizing Jihad -- Chapter 18 Usama bin Laden -- Chapter 19 Muhammad 'Ata al-Sayyid -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

My dissertation is perhaps the first systematic study of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), the national women's organization set up in 1949 for the mobilization and representation of women. This study documents the evolution of the ACWF; changes in its organizational goals, structure, activities, and perceptions of women's issues within the context of broader political, economic and social changes taking place in the country. It reveals the close yet often uneasy relationship between the gender interests of the women's movement and the class interests of the developmental state. The study of the ACWF as an intermediate structure between women and the state provides a unique lens to examine state policy on women, women's position in society and women's participation in politics. It sheds light on the complex organizational relationship between women and a party/state that claims women's liberation as part of its mandate, showing how this specific context shaped the development of the women's movement in China. My research is based on an analysis of official documents, new studies which have become available in recent years, and in-depth interviews. ; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-05, Section: A, page: 2236. ; Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 1996.

Cover Dancehall und Homophobie; Inhalt; Dank, 'nuff respect und big up; Einleitung und postkolonialer Anspruch; Aufbau des Buches; Stand der Forschung; Postkolonialismus und diskurstheoretische Überlegungen; Soziohistorischer Hintergrund; Die Geschichte Jamaikas; Die jamaikanische Diaspora in Nordamerika und Großbritannien; Die sozialgeschichtliche Entwicklung der jamaikanischen Populärmusik; Die moderne Dancehall-Musik; Gender, (Homo- )Sexualität und Homophobie auf Jamaika; Theoretische Grundlagen von Geschlecht und Sexualität; Historische Grundlagen; Sozialisierung; Zum Begriff Homophobie.

An oral-history-based study of women who have, against considerable odds, broken the gender barrier to blue-collar employment in various trades in New York City beginning in the 1970s. From construction workers, to firefighters, each story contributes to a unifying theme and the way women confronted an inherently sexist union culture

"In this project Julie Gallaher documents a generation of black women who came to politics during the 1940s in New York City. Ada B. Jackson, Pauli Murray, Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Bessie Buchanan, Jeanne Noble, and Shirley Chisholm, among others, worked, studied, and lived in Harlem and Brooklyn. They seized the political opportunities generated by World War II and its aftermath and pursued new ways to redress the entrenched systems of oppression that denied them full rights of citizenship and human dignity. These included not only grassroots activism outside the halls of formal political power, but also efforts to gain insider status in the administrative state; the use of the United Nations; and an unprecedented number of campaigns for elected office. Theirs was a new politics and they waged their struggles not just for themselves, but also for their communities and for the broader ideals of equality. Gallagher traces these activists' paths from women's clubs and civic organizations to national politics: appointments to presidential commissions, congressional offices, and presidential candidacy. This study illustrates the kinds of political changes women helped bring about, underscores the boundaries of what was possible vis--̉vis the state and examining how race, gender and the structure of the state itself shape outcomes"--

By looking at changes in brideprice practice over the last two decades, this article aims at understanding variations in marriage patterns and gender relations in rural Kenya. Attention is given to ways in which changes in brideprice payments impact women's access to economic resources. The background for such changes in terms of culture and religion on the one hand, and education on the other is examined. The article builds on qualitative studies carried out in Christian villages in Western Province (1988) and Muslim villages in Coast (1990). Returning to the same villages in 2011 insight in continuities and changes is obtained in both areas. With the first round of studies as a background the article underlines present brideprice payments and how these have changed over time. Methods in both rounds are based upon 'focused biographies' in which basic demographic information and perceptions of childbearing, marriages and gender relations are collected. Data include in-depth interviews, interviews with key informants and focus groups, comprised of both women and men. The findings show that the burden of brideprice payment is gradually taken over by the younger generation. However, while in the Christian villages the bride has to share the burden, in the Muslim villages she has become a recipient. By this the more educated Christian women in Western remain strongly dependent on their husbands, while less educated Muslim women in Coast have gained some economic power.

Businesswomen in British Columbia -- The marriage of business and women : family status and entrepreneurship in British Columbia -- Careers for women : sex segregation in self-employment -- "They are quick, alert, clear-eyed business girls" : the Business and Professional Women's Clubs of British Columbia -- "You have to think like a man and act like a lady" : gender, class, and businesswomen -- Conclusion : "darkened by family obligations" : reflections on the business of women

The aim of this article is to examine whether and how diplomacy may be gendered, symbolically and rhetorically, using US representations of diplomacy as a case. Prior scholarship on gender and contemporary diplomacy is sparse but has shown that the symbolic figure of 'the diplomat' has come to overlap tightly with 'man' and be associated with traits often attributed to masculinity. Inspired by queer international relations methods, relying on the concept of 'figuration' and focused on US news media and biographies of diplomats from the past decade, this article uncovers and examines a palette of feminised figurations also at play in US representations of diplomacy, including the diplomat as 'the "soft" non-fighter', 'the relationship builder', 'the gossip', 'the cookie-pusher', and 'the fancy Frenchman'. These feminised figurations alternate between configuring the diplomat as a woman and – more commonly – a (feminised) man. The analysis complicates rather than displaces existing claims, highlighting the importance of attention to slippages and challenges to dominant masculinised subject positions.

An increasing number of studies have investigated the distinct challenges faced by male victims of sexual assault. However, there is a lack of research focusing on how they perceive their sexual victimization experience and their help-seeking behavior. This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of cisgender men who had been sexually assaulted in adulthood and their subsequent help-seeking processes within a Danish context. Our findings underscore the crucial importance of acknowledging the sexual assault, which entails a multifaceted process that intertwines with the help-seeking behavior. This process is influenced by various factors, including gender norms, disclosing the assault, and the impact of assault-related symptoms. The role of male rape myths and masculinity is discussed. Our research offers valuable insights into male victims' experiences and emphasizes the need to raise awareness and to promote a gender-inclusive view on sexual assault.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Republican Motherhood and Citizen Educación -- 2. Mothers, Moors, Mohicans, and Mulattas in Mansilla's Miranda -- 3. Una Maestra Norteamericana in the "South" -- 4. Foundational Frustrations in Cirilo Villaverde, Mary Mann, and Martín Morúa Delgado -- 5. "La Dignidad de la Mujer Cubana": Racialized Gender Allegory and the Intervención Americana -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Recent Books in the Series.

Introduction: charting lines of flight : the parisian seamstress -- Adventures in a culture of thought : genealogies, narratives, process -- Mapping the archive : mnemonic and imaginary technologies of the self -- "From my work you will know my name" : materialising utopias -- Feeling the world : love, gender and agonistic politics -- Living and writing the revolution -- Creativity as process : writing the self, rewriting history -- Conclusion: reassembling radical practices -- Bibliography

Theorising youth transitions : the intersectionality of "race", ethnicity, gender and social class -- Resistance, resilience and empowering habitus : connecting identities, ambitions and "success" -- The role of family and kinship in achieving "success" -- Peers and friendship networks in "success" making -- Collective resistance : community networks and social capital in success making -- Youth, "race"/ethnicity and social mobility in contemporary society -- Understanding black youth, "success" and transitions in society today.

How do contemporary women writers figure the female embodiment? How do they represent the world? To answer these questions, this thesis applies a transnational feminist framework to world literature to read the isomorphism between body and world. This research reflects a current need for further gender analysis in world literature as, at the same time this discourse has appeared as a viable approach and way of reading the production and reception of texts in the twenty-first century, critical theory has flourished in key areas such as new materialisms and transnational feminisms. Yet little work in the field of world literature brings these concepts to bear on questions of representation, transnational women's writing and embodiment. By bringing these theoretical frameworks together, a new approach to reading corporeality in transnational women's writing is possible. I position the materiality of the female body as an important site of close reading in this framework, as is evident in my analysis of texts by three authors, Caroline Bergvall, Yoko Tawada and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. Importantly, even though there are variations between the production of these authors texts, each text shares representational strategies in the figuration of the female body that relate to the global processes of production and translation in world literary space. Other considerations that inform this research on the body in women's writing include intersectionality, genre and writing identity politics. The recent shift from the nation to the transnational in literary criticism and the increase in multilingual writing and translation practice suggests a change in the shape of social space and also new challenges for the category of literature. As identity politics become increasingly porous, we are experiencing a moment where concepts such as exophonic writing and born-translated literature necessitates the analysis of new language games and alternative forms of writing that complicate traditional modes of literary analysis. Therefore I situate the short form as a genre with increasing circulation and new relevance in our digital age and as a form that raises particular questions for gender analysis in world literature. Consequently, the intersection of gender and genre offers a point of intervention in the field of world literature studies that highlights a need for this research on embodiment and the representation of women's bodies in short texts by contemporary women writers.

"Queer Lives across the Wall examines the everyday lives of queer Berliners between 1945 and 1970, tracing private and public queer life from the end of the Nazi regime through the gay and lesbian liberation movements of the 1970s. Andrea Rottmann explores how certain spaces--including homes, bars, streets, parks, and prisons--facilitated and restricted queer lives in the overwhelmingly conservative climate that characterized both German postwar states. By examining both public and private urban spaces, the book draws a complex picture of how queer lives were lived, going beyond previous histories that focus on state surveillance and the persecution of male homosexuality. With a theoretical toolkit informed by feminist, queer, and spatial theories, the book combines previously unknown sources from the archives of the feminist and LGBTIQ* movements in police, Stasi, and prisoner files. As an intersectional history of lesbian, trans, and gay male lives in East and West Berlin, Queer Lives across the Wall illuminates the entanglements of gender, sexuality, and class."--

Sexual division has been an obvious and enduring characteristic of wage work, much studied on both sides of the Atlantic. Gender roles, household forms, and community welfare have been made and remade by changing access to paid work. The theoretical literature on gender segregation in the labour force is rich, but economists and feminist theorists have been interested in sexual divisions as general features of the economic or sex/gender system rather than as boundaries between tasks forged in defined contexts by particular clashes of interest. Whether in specifying the social groups that benefited by gender division, the systematic relationships that generated the boundaries, or the traits upon which lines of partition were drawn, most analysts have dealt with gender division as a characteristic of the work force as a whole.