WOMS202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cousin Marriage, Islamic Revival, Saba Mahmood
10 Mar 2018
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"the romance of resistance: tracing transformations of power through bedouin women" - Sexually segregated women"s world where women what daily enact all types of. Women resist marriage that the men are normally in control of/arranged for them. Sexually irreverent discourse: instances when woman make fun of minor definences of the restrictions enforced by elder men in the community men/manhood. Oral lyric poetry (poems and song)-ghinnawas (little songs) *poems used to be used by women and men, but now only men are using. More arguments between families about how harsh the restrictions are on the. B. -new signs of women"s resistance to restrictions of their freedom of movement. They are chafing against expectations that don"t take account of the new set of. C. -new and very serious form of resistance is developing: puts younger women. They aspire to be housewives unlike their mothers: have the men support/ give. Purchases of lingerie by younger women angered the older women, but then.
