Women of a Non-State Nation, The Kurds (Kurdish Studies Series, No. 3): English 2001
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ISBN:
9781568590936
Publisher:
Mazda Publishers
Age Group:
Adult
Pages:
263
Weight:
448 g
Book Cover:
Paperback
Western observers and Kurdish nationalists have romanticized the women of Kurdistan by claiming that they enjoy more freedom than their Arab, Persian and Turkish sisters. Kurdish women are, in these narratives, mostly unveiled; they freely associate with men in work, dance, and war, and some appear as rulers of tribes and territories. This book challenges such claims to the uniqueness of the status of Kurdish women by offering a complex picture of their oppression and resistance.
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