ISBN:
9789004167780
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 173 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world v. 6
Parallel Title:
Print version Women, Water and Memory : Recasting Lives in Palestine
DDC:
305.48/8927400904
Keywords:
Women storytellers
;
Women, Palestinian Arab Social conditions
;
Women and religion
;
Women, Palestinian Arab Social life and customs
Abstract:
Tells a different story about water. Against the backdrop of the end of the Ottoman Empire to Palestinian uprisings, this title features old Palestinian women who recount life before and after piped water. While talking about fetching and managing household water women talked about being women
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents ; Glossary of Arabic Terms Often Used by the Women or Discussed in the Text; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Fetching Water; Introduction; The Women and Their Stories; PART ONE ABOUT MUSHARAFAH; Chapter One Musharafah; Chapter Two Palestine-A Contested Site; PART TWO LIFE WORLDS; Chapter Three Women, Water and Memory; Chapter Four Being in the World; Chapter Five Women and Places Outside; Chapter Six Telling Stories; Conclusion and Further Reflections; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-167) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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