Beyond the Harem: Women, Gender, and Revolution in the Modern Middle East

JEWISH, ISLAMIC AND MIDDLE EAST STUDIES 4675

This course examines the history and current situations of women in Middle Eastern societies. The first half of the course is devoted to studying historical changes in factors structuring women's status and their sociopolitical roles. The second half of the course will focus on several case studies of women's participation in broad anticolonial social revolutions and how these revolutions affected the position of women in those societies.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; BU BA; AS HUM; AS LCD

Section 01

Beyond the Harem: Women, Gender, and Revolution in the Modern Middle East - 01
INSTRUCTOR: Reynolds
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