Women, States and Nationalism
At Home in the Nation?
- 256 pages
- English
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About this book
Women, States and Nationalism counters this attitude and examines the many and contradictory ways in which women negotiate their places in 'the nation'. The volume includes theoretical essays that explore the multiple ways in which the very concept of 'nation' is based upon notions of family, sexuality and gender power which are often overlooked of downplayed by 'male-stream' scholarship. It gathers together an outstanding panel of feminist scholars and area studies specialists, who, through a series of focused case studies, analyse diverse issues which include;
*gender and sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland
*the paradox of Israeli women soldiers
*women, civic duty and the military in the USA
*the Hindu Right in India
*power, agency and representation in Zimbabwe
*political identity and heterosexism.
This timely volume is a highly valuable resource for students and scholars of Nationalism, Internationalism Studies and Women's Studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Plates
- Contributors
- 1: Gender and nationalism: Moving beyond fragmented conversations
- 2: Engendering nation and national identity
- 3: Writing bodies on the nation for the globe
- 4: Sexing political identities/nationalism as heterosexism
- 5: The politics of Gandhi’s “feminism”: Constructing “Sitas” for Swaraj
- 6: Communalism, nationalism, and gender: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Hindu right in India
- 7: Ulster’s Red Hand: Gender, identity, and sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland
- 8: From subjects to citizens: Women and the nation in Kuwait
- 9: (Gender) struggles for the nation: Power, agency, and representation in Zimbabwe
- 10: Citizen-soldiers or republican mothers: US citizenship and military obligation in an era of “choice”
- 11: Women warriors: The paradox and politics of Israeli women in uniform
- References