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زنان در خاورمیانه

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Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, "Women in the Middle East" is a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. Nikki Keddie shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women, and she provides a unique overview of their past and rapidly changing present. The book also includes a brief autobiography that recounts Keddie's political activism as one of the first women in Middle East Studies.
Positioning women within their individual economic situations, identities, families, and geographies, "Women in the Middle East" examines the experiences of women in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, in Iran, and in all the Arab countries. Keddie discusses the interaction of a changing Islam with political, cultural, and socioeconomic developments. In doing so, she shows that, like other major religions, Islam incorporated ideas and practices of male superiority but also provoked challenges to them. Keddie breaks with notions of Middle Eastern women as faceless victims, and assesses their involvement in the rise of modern nationalist, socialist, and Islamist movements. While acknowledging that conservative trends are strong, she notes that there have been significant improvements in Middle Eastern women's suffrage, education, marital choice, and health.

643 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

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July 29, 2017
کتاب یه مشکل اساسی داره تو مباحث مربوط به ایرانش؛ زمانی که می خواد به ایران معاصر (دهه ی هشتاد به بعد) بپردازه دیگه اون عمق کار تاریخی و کل گرایانه رو نداره و نگاهش کمی سطحی نگر و تقلیل گرا می شه که مشخصن به نقص داده های نویسنده بر می گرده. کاش نوشتن از وقایع معاصر رو کمی به تعویق می نداخت.
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June 15, 2013
Good background introduction -- lays out the important arguments in the field. Has a good bibliography for each country.
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March 8, 2025
Wish it had gone a bit deeper into certain aspects but well written and informative
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May 5, 2018
داده‌های کتاب کلی و غیردقیق بود. خصوصا در بخش تاریخ معاصر که منابع در دسترس تری برای پرداختن به تاریخ و مسائل زنان در هر یک از کشورهای خاورمیانه وجود دارد بسیار کلی و سطحی به موضوعات و مسائل پرداخته شده بود. کتاب شاید برای فردی که به دنبال آگاهی‌ای کلی در این حوزه است مناسب باشد اما برای فردی که به طور تخصصی در این حوزه کار می‌کند، مطلب قابل توجهی ندارد و گاه دچار خلط دوره‌های زمانی و مباحث کشور‌های مختلف می‌شود.
همچنین این کتاب در سال ۲۰۰۶ منتشر شده و در سال ۹۵ به فارسی ترجمه شده بنابراین کتاب جدیدی نیست و در آن به تغییرات و پیشامدهای دهه‌ی اخیر کشورهای خاورمیانه پرداخته نشده است.
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April 26, 2025
Class read...some disturbing info about the roots of Islamic female suppression
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