Pathfinder Index
Scope|Subject
Headings|Overview
Sources|Circulating
Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade
Publications|Videos
SCOPE: As in any society, various social,
political, and economic conditions influence one’s
living conditions and experiences. Although there have
been significant gains in educational opportunities for
women in the Middle East, women’s rights within the
family context still remain a very controversial issue.
Traditional norms and values surrounding women and
family limit women’s freedom and opportunities (Deborah
J. Gerner, Understanding the Contemporary Middle East).
SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Books dealing with women in the Middle East are listed
in the Baddour Library’s online catalog under the
following subject headings:
Feminism—Middle East
Women—Middle East—Social conditions
Women—Arab countries –Economic conditions
Women—Middle East—History
There are sources located in the Reference Section of
the Baddour Library that give a general overview or
summary of the topic you are researching. The following
is a list of some of the sources available in the
library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
GN333.W671998 Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and
daily life
Some representative books from the Circulating
Collection that are located upstairs in the library are:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Atiya, Nayra.
Khul-khaal,five Egyptian women tell their
stories. Syracuse, N.Y:
Syracuse University Press, 1982.
Doumato, Eleanor Abella and Marsha Propstein Posusney.
Women and globalization
In the Arab Middle East: gender, economy, and society.
Boulder: L.Rienner
Publishers, 2003.
Gerges, Fawas A.
America and political Islam: clash of
cultures or clash of interests?
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Gerner, Deborah J.
Understanding the contemporary Middle
East. Boulder, Co: Lynne
Rienner Publishers, 2000.
Gilsenan, Michael.
Recognizing Islam: religion and
society in the modern Middle East.
New York: I.B. Tauris, 2000.
Joseph, Suad and Susan Slyomovics.
Women and power in
the Middle East.
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press,
2001.
Kandiyoti, Deniz.
Women, Islam, and the state.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press,
1991.
Lewis, Bernard.
The multiple identities of the Middle
East. New York: Schocken
Books, 2001.
Long, David E.
The government and politics of the
Middle East and North Africa.
Boulder, Colo: Oxford, 2002.
Some of the representative journals that the library
subscribes to that focus on this topic are:
JOURNALS,
PERIODICALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the link for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
VIDEOS
DVD 183
Monsoon Wedding
Updated
02/08/2007
