Honour and Shame: Women in Modern Iraq - Hardcover

Al-Khayyat, Sana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863560946 ISBN 13: 9780863560941

Publisher: Saqi Books, 2001

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

'A unique and shocking testimony.' --"Studies on Women Abstracts"
'This study presents to the reader, in the poignant words of the women themselves, the dilemmas faced by modern Iraqi women.' --"Arab Book World"
'Lives and throbs with the yearning of Arab women to be free of oppressive constraint and submission. This is a memorable and path-finding book, in the vein of other works on Arab women, such as Fatima Mernissi's Beyond the Veil.' --"Morning Star "

About the Author:

Sana al-Khayyat was born in Iraq, and holds a PhD in sociology from Keele University. She lives in the UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0863560946
• ISBN 13: 9780863560941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240