Women's voices in Middle East museums :

Malt, Carol.

Women's voices in Middle East museums : case studies in Jordan / Carol Malt. - 1st ed. - Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2005. - xxxvii, 138 p. : map ; 24 cm. - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East .

Index : p. 129-138.

Bibliography : p. 119-128.

This book begins with an historical overview of the women of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and the West Bank of Palestine and then focuses on the museums of Jordan and the women who work in them. Carol Malt interweaves a history of Islam and a discussion of the emerging public role of women in Muslim society.

0815630786 (hardcover (cloth) : alk. paper) 9780815630784 0815630786


Museums--History.--Arab countries
Museums--History.--Jordan
Women--History.--Arab countries
Muslim women--History.--Arab countries
Civilization, Arab.


Arab countries--Intellectual life.



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