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Land of the unconquerable: the lives of contemporary Afghan women
Jennifer Heath and Ashraf Zahedi
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page xi)
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Introduction (Jennifer Heath, page 1)
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PART I. PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES
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I. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status (Shireen Khan Burki, page 45)
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2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereotypes, and Afghan Women's Agency (Margaret A. Mills, page 60)
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3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience (Anne E. Brodsky, page 74)
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4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women (Wahid Omar, page 90)
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5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube (Dinah Zeiger, page 103)
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PART II. A WOMAN'S PLACE
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6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests (Ann Larson, page 119)
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7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts (Massouda Jalal, Malalai Joya, Fawzia Koofi, and Azita Rafat, page 128)
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8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison (Lizette Potgieter, page 140)
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9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul (Alisa Tang, page 154)
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10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan (Deborah J. Smith, page 162)
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PART III. TO BE WHOLE IN BODY AND MIND
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11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan (Sima Samar, page 179)
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12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences (Pamela Chandler, page 188)
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13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades (Mary MacMakin, page 200)
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14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security (Elizabeth Stites, page 212)
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15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health (Nahid Aziz, page 229)
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PART IV. MAKING THE RUBBLE BLOOM
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16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women (Rachel Lehr, page 247)
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17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy (Jo Grace and Adam Pain, page 262)
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18. Chadari Politics: Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice (Lina Abirafeh, page 276)
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19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment (Ashraf Zahedi, page 293)
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PART V. "DON'T ECLIPSE MY HAPPY NEW MOON"
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20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success (Sakena Yacoobi, page 309)
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21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media (Aunohita Mojumdar, page 321)
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22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts (Lauryn Oates, page 333)
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23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets (Zuzanna Olszewska, page 342)
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EPILOGUE: GREAT EXPECTATIONS
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24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans (Amina Kator, page 357)
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Selected Bibliography (page 367)
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About the Contributors (page 371)
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Index (page 379)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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SIG | 38.2 (Winter. 2013): 495-498 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/667219 |
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Published: c2011
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520261860 (paper)
- 9780520948990 (ebook)
- 9780520261853 (hardcover)