Gender & nation

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Nira Yuval-Davis provides an authoritative overview and critique of writings on gender and nationhood, presenting an original analysis of the ways gender relations affect and are affected by national projects and processes. In Gender and Nation Yuval-Davis argues that the construction of nationhood involves specific notions of both `manhood' and `womanhood'. She examines the contribution of gender relations to key dimensions of nationalist projects - the nation's reproduction, its culture and c…

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Full title :Gender & nation / Nira Yuval-Davis.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1997.

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Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (168 p.).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1446264955, 9781446264959, 1446222209, 9781446222201
oclc:on1097113417
LC Classification:HQ1236
Dewey Decimal:305.42

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Theorizing Gender and Nation; Analysing Women and Gender Relations; Theorizing Nations and States; Nationed Gender and Gendered Nations; Chapter 2 -- Women and the Biological Reproduction of the Nation; Blood and Belonging; People as Power; The Eugenicist Discourse; The Malthusian Discourse; The Social Context; Concluding Remark; Chapter 3 -- Cultural Reproduction and Gender Relations; The Notion of Culture; Cultural Difference and the Other'; Racism and Sexuality; Assimilation and Separatism; Multi-Culturalism and Identity Politics.

Cultural Change and ModernityFundamentalism and Modernity; Globalization and Culture; Conclusion; Chapter 4 -- Citizenship and Difference; Citizenship, Nationalism and the Community; Social Rights and Social Difference; The Private and the Public; Active/Passive Citizenship; Citizenship's Rights and Duties; Chapter 5 -- Gendered Militaries, Gendered Wars; Military Service and Citizenship; Modern Warfare and the Incorporation of Women into the Military; Women as Soldiers; Military Service and Women's Rights; Wars as Gendered Constructions; Women's Politics and Anti-War Movements; Conclusion.

Chapter 6 -- Women, …

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Feminist theory Femmes -- Activité politique Femmes -- Droits Femmes en politique Nationalism Nationalisme Rôle selon le sexe -- Aspect politique Sex role -- Political aspects Théorie féministe Women -- Political activity Women's rights