Woman-Nation-State

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Floya Anthias, Nira Yuval-Davis

   Pages 1-15

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3. ‘Oh to be in England’: the British Case Study

   • Francesca Klug

   Pages 16-35

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4. Women, Nation and the State in Australia

   • Marie de Lepervanche

   Pages 36-57

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5. Mothers of the Nation: a Comparative Analysis of Nation, Race and Motherhood in Afrikaner Nationalism and the African National Congress

   • Deborah Gaitskell, Elaine Unterhalter

   Pages 58-78

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6. Sexuality and Economic Domination in Uganda

   • Christine Obbo

   Pages 79-91

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7. National Reproduction and ‘the Demographic Race’ in Israel

   • Nira Yuval-Davis

   Pages 92-109

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8. Women and Reproduction in Iran

   • Haleh Afshar

   Pages 110-125

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9. Women and the Turkish State: Political Actors or Symbolic Pawns

   • Deniz Kandiyoti

   Pages 126-149

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10. Women and Nationalism in Cyprus

    • Floya Anthias

    Pages 150-167

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11. Women as the Family: the Foundation of a New Italy?

    • Lesley Caldwell

    Pages 168-183

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12. Back Matter

    Pages 184-185

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This book examines the place of women within ethnic and national communities in nine different societies, and the ways in which the state intervenes in their lives. Contributions from a group of scholars examine the situations in their religious, economic and historical context.

• gender
• nation
• political science
• social science
• sociology
• state

• Thames Polytechnic, UK

  Nira Yuval-Davis, Floya Anthias

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