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Author Le Renard, Amélie, author.

Title A society of young women : opportunities of place, power, and reform in Saudi Arabia / Amélie Le Renard.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Riyadh, a city of closed spaces -- Getting around -- Coming together -- Breaking the rules -- Consuming femininities.
Summary The cities of Saudi Arabia are among the most gender segregated in the world. In recent years the Saudi government has felt increasing international pressure to offer greater roles for women in society. Implicit in these calls for reform, however, is an assumption that the only ""real"" society is male society. Little consideration has been given to the rapidly evolving activities within women's spaces. This book joins young urban women in their daily lives-in the workplace, on the female university campus, at the mall-to show how these women are transforming Saudi cities from within and creat.
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Subject Young women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Young women.
Saudi Arabia.
Social conditions.
Urban women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Urban women.
Public spaces -- Social aspects -- Saudi Arabia.
Public spaces -- Social aspects.
Public spaces.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Based on (work) Le Renard, Amélie. Femmes et espaces publics en Arabie Saoudite.
Other Form: Print version: Le Renard, Amélie, author. Society of young women 9780804785433 (DLC) 2014007324 (OCoLC)865536713
ISBN 9780804791373 (electronic book)
0804791376 (electronic book)
9780804785433
0804785430
9780804785440
0804785449

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