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Author Naguib, Nefissa, 1960-

Title Women, water and memory : recasting lives in Palestine / by Nefissa Naguib
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 173 pages) : illustrations
Series Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world, 1570-7628 ; v. 6
Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 6.
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index
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Subject Women, Palestinian Arab -- Social life and customs
Women storytellers -- Palestine
Women, Palestinian Arab -- Social conditions
Women and religion -- Palestine
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Women and religion
Women, Palestinian Arab -- Social conditions
Women storytellers
Soziale Situation
Palästinenserin
Ländlicher Raum
Middle East -- Palestine
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008042419
ISBN 9789047442561
9047442563
1282399195
9781282399198
9786612399190
6612399198