Gendering culture in greater Syria : intellectuals and ideology in the late Ottoman period /
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BookSeries: Library of Middle East history ; 51.Publisher: London : I.B.Tauris, c2015.Description: xiv, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781780769363Subject(s): Women -- Syria -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Syria -- History -- 19th century | Syria -- Intellectual life -- 19th century | Lebanon -- History -- 19th century| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 956.91 FR GE (Browse shelf) | Available | T0016386 |
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| 956.704438 CH NE The news media at war : | 956.7204 SA MY My father's rifle : a childhood in Kurdistan / | 956.75 TH MA The Marsh Arabs / | 956.91 FR GE Gendering culture in greater Syria : intellectuals and ideology in the late Ottoman period / | 956.91 SO CU Culture shock! Syria / | 956.91 WA WH What the media won't tell you about the war in Syria : | 956.91042092 MU NU Nujeen : |
The Nahda (lit. 'the Awakening') was one of the most significant cultural movements in modern Arab history. By focusing on the neglected role of women in the intellectual Islamic renaissance of the late Ottoman Period, Fruma Zachs and Sharon Halevi provide a refreshingly interdisciplinary exploration of gender and culture in the Arab World. Focusing mainly on 'Greater Syria', this book re-examines the cultural by-products of the Nahda - such as scientific debates, journal articles, essays, short stories and novels - and provides a new framework for rethinking the dynamics of cultural and social change in what today we know as Syria and Lebanon. The lasting impact of the Nahda is given an innovative and thoroughly unique interpretation, providing an indispensable perspective to studying the nuanced roles of the construction and development of gender ideologies in the nineteenth century Middle East.
Includes bibliographical references and index.