Honour and shame : women in modern Iraq

Author(s)

    • al-Khayyat, Sana

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Honour and shame : women in modern Iraq

Sana al-Khayyat

Saqi, 1990

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Bibliography: p225-232

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A testimony to the world of Iraqi women. Ranging from executives to illiterate housewives, the women speak with frankness of sex and marriage, physical and mental violence, the fear of scandal and their indoctrination into the ideology of honour and shame. On the basis of an in-depth study conducted over several years, the author builds a picture of Iraqi women's lives from birth to old age. Although the book's main focus is on Iraq, there are cross-cultural comparisons between Third World women and women in Western societies.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA13868980
  • ISBN
    • 0863560946
    • 0863560504
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    232p
  • Size
    22cm
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