Description
Arab women researchers explain what it means to carry out gender research in the MENA region and how research practices should be transformed
About the Author
Suad Joseph is Distinguished Research Professor of Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at the University of California, Davis in the U.S. She founded the Association for Middle East Women's Studies and co-founded its internationally recognized Journal of Middle East Women's Studies; she also founded the Arab Families Research Group, and co-founded the Arab American Studies Association and the Association for Middle East Anthropology. She has edited or co-edited eight books, published over 100 articles, and is General Editor of the highly esteemed Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. Lena Meari is Assistant Professor at Birzeit University, Palestine, and Acting Director of their Institute of Women Studies. Previously she was a postdoctoral research at the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University, U.S. She specializes in the geopolitics of knowledge production, decolonized methodologies, colonial structures and colonial relations, and completed her PhD at the University of California, Davis, U.S. She has published in various peer-reviewed journals and edited books. Zeina Zaatari is Director of the Arab American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois, Chicago in the U.S. She has worked on gender and racial justice in Arab and Arab American communities both within academic and non-profit spaces. She has published numerous chapters and articles and serves as Associate Editor for the renowned Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures.
Reviews
Emerging from long-term collaborations and trainings, this set of critical and deeply moving essays exemplify how feminist epistemologies can productively explore the intersections of self, location and subject in different research settings and contexts. This volume is an essential addition to the library of all those interested and invested in transforming gender dynamics in the Arab region. -- Seteney Shami. Arab Council for the Social Sciences, Lebanon
Book Information
ISBN 9780755645220
Author Suad Joseph
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC