Reconstructing gender in the Middle East : tradition, identity, and power / Fatma Müge Göçek and Shiva Balaghi, editors.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-224) and index.

About the Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East Through Voice and Experience, by Fatma Muge Gocek and Shiva Balaghi Part One: The Reconstruction of Tradition Gender, Tradition, and History, by Juan R.I. Cole Neotraditionalism in the Poetry of Simin Behbahani, by Farzaneh Milani Wearing the Hijah in Contemporary Morocco: Choice and Identity, by Leila Hessini Turkish Women and the Republican Reconstruction of Tradition, by Zehra F. Arat , by Part Two: The Reconstruction of Identity Gender, Identity, and Anthropology, by Ruth Behar Notes from the Village: On the Ethnographic Construction of Women in Iran, by Erika Friedl Women's Movement of the 1980s in Turkey: Radical Outcome of Liberal Kemalism?, by Yesim Arat Growing up in Israel: A Personal Perspective, by Rachel Persico Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine: Engendering the Intifada, by Leila Hudson Part Three: The Reconstruction of Power "Metaphors Can Kill": Gender, Power, and the Field of the Literary, by Anne Herrmann Arab Women Arab Wars, by Miriam Cooke Arab Male, Hebrew Female: The Lure of Metaphors, by Anton Shammas Where Has All the Power Gone? Women and Politics in Popular Quarters of Cairo, by Diane Singerman Keeping It in the Family: Gender and Conflict in Moroccan Arabic Proverbs, by Elizabeth M. Bergman Bibliography

A collection of essays which questions long-standing stereotypes about the traditional subordination of women in the Middle East. It offers an exploration of tradition, identity, and power in different parts of the Middle East.