Beschreibung:
This book features chapters that examine the various ways of belonging in the Middle East.
1. Introductions: Impositions, ironies, bodies, lands Diane E. King 2. On the Margins: Women, national boundaries, and conflict in Saddam's Iraq Sarah Smiles Persinger 3. Leaving Mother-Land: The anti-feminine in Fidäi narratives Samar Kanafani 4. The Personal is Patrilineal: Namus as sovereignty Diane E. King 5. Land of Symbols: Cactus, poppies, orange and olive trees in Palestine Nasser Abufarha 6. Naturalising, Neutralising Women¿s Bodies: The ¿Headscarf Affair¿ and the Politics of Representation Gabriele vom Bruck 7. When Belonging Inspires¿Death, hope, distance Virginia R. Dominguez