SOC 885 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Prosperous Justice Party, Islamic Revival, Arab Nationalism
2 Feb 2016
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Identitiy and its discontents: women and the nation deniz. Aim: to explore some contradictory implications of national projects in post-colonial societies. It examines the extent to which elements of national identity and cultural difference are articulated as forms of control over women and which infringe upon their rights as enfranchised citizens. Those who link the rise of feminist movements to anti-colonial and national struggles note its coincidence with a move towards secularism and a broader concern with social reform. The latter often constitutes the crucial distinction between the nation and it"s others". Private patriarchy: based on the relative exclusion of women from arenas of social life other than the household and appropriation of their services by individual patriarchs within the confines of the home. Public patriarchy: based on employment and the states; women are no longer excluded from the public arena, but subordinated within it.
