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Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt
What Kind of Liberation?
Women and the Occupation of Iraq
$24.95, £14.95 hardcover
978-0-520-25729-0
NYP--Due 1/09
240 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 14 b/w photographs
January 2009, Available worldwide
Categories: Politics; Women's Studies; Islam; Middle Eastern Studies
January 2009, Available worldwide
Categories: Politics; Women's Studies; Islam; Middle Eastern Studies
"The book thoroughly exposes the disparities between the talk of politicos and situation of Iraqi women—a timely addition to scholarship on Iraq."—Publishers Weekly
"There is something to learn, literally, on every page here."—Cynthia Enloe, from the foreword
"Nadje al-Ali is the foremost authority on contemporary Iraqi women, and her courageous writings are essential to correcting the false idea that the American invasion greatly improved their condition."—Juan Cole, Professor of History, University of Michigan
"This is a fluent and highly informed account of the women of Iraq during a time of ever increasing political turmoil, economic disaster and foreign invasion. It gives a fascinating insight into the way Iraqi society really works and is far superior in quality to most of what has been written about Iraq in war and peace."—Patrick Cockburn, author of Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq
"Nadje al-Ali is the foremost authority on contemporary Iraqi women, and her courageous writings are essential to correcting the false idea that the American invasion greatly improved their condition."—Juan Cole, Professor of History, University of Michigan
"This is a fluent and highly informed account of the women of Iraq during a time of ever increasing political turmoil, economic disaster and foreign invasion. It gives a fascinating insight into the way Iraqi society really works and is far superior in quality to most of what has been written about Iraq in war and peace."—Patrick Cockburn, author of Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq
In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation—especially for women. The first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, What Kind of Liberation? reports from the heart of the war zone with dire news of scarce resources, growing unemployment, violence, and seclusion. Moreover, the book exposes the gap between rhetoric that placed women center stage and the present reality of their diminishing roles in the "new Iraq." Based on interviews with Iraqi women's rights activists, international policy makers, and NGO workers and illustrated with photographs taken by Iraqi women, What Kind of Liberation? speaks through an astonishing array of voices. Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt correct the widespread view that the country's violence, sectarianism, and systematic erosion of women's rights come from something inherent in Muslim, Middle Eastern, or Iraqi culture. They also demonstrate how in spite of competing political agendas, Iraqi women activists are resolutely pressing to be part of the political transition, reconstruction, and shaping of the new Iraq.
Foreword—Cynthia Enloe
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Introduction
1. Iraqi Women before the Invasion
2. The Use and Abuse of Iraqi Women
3. Engendering the New Iraqi State
4. The Iraqi Women's Movement
5. Toward a Feminist and Anti-Imperialist Politics of Peace
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Introduction
1. Iraqi Women before the Invasion
2. The Use and Abuse of Iraqi Women
3. Engendering the New Iraqi State
4. The Iraqi Women's Movement
5. Toward a Feminist and Anti-Imperialist Politics of Peace
Notes
Bibliography
Index