A01=Sondra Hale
Abdel Gadir
Author_Sondra Hale
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Colonial Administration
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Er Fe
gender identity formation
gendered power structures in Sudan
Greater Khartoum
International Monetary Fund
Islamist Women
Middle East Women's Studies
Middle Eastern Feminists
Middle Eastern Studies
Middle Eastern Women
Modest Islamic Dress
National Salvation Revolution
Negative Customs
NIF
Nip
Northern Sudan
Northern Sudanese Women
political hegemony
Practical Gender Interests
qualitative fieldwork analysis
secular versus religious ideologies
state feminism
Sudan Socialist Union
Sudanese Communist Party
Sudanese Politics
Sudanese Women
Turco Egyptian Regime
Vice Versa
women's resistance movements
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367315924
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Jul 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Focusing on the relationship between gender and the state in the construction national identity politics in twentieth-century northern Sudan, the author investigates the mechanisms that the state and political and religious interest groups employ for achieving political and cultural hegemony. Hale argues that such a process involves the transformation of culture through the involvement of women in both left-wing and Islamist revolutionary movements. In drawing parallels between the gender ideology of secular and religious organizations in Sudan, Hale analyzes male positioning of women within the culture to serve the movement. Using data from fieldwork conducted between 1961 and 1988, she investigates the conditions under which women’s culture can be active, generating positive expressions of resistance and transformation. Hale argues that in northern Sudan women may be using Islam to construct their own identities and improve their situation. Nevertheless, she raises questions about the barriers that women may face now that the Islamic state is achieving hegemony, and discusses limits of identity politics.
Hale, Sondra
