Gender Identity in Jordan, Palestine, and Israel
Book Title
Gender Identity and Worldwide
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
978-1-4408-6794-1
Publication Date
11-2020
Editors
Chuck Stewart
Keywords
Gender, Identity, Women Studies, LGBTQ
Description
Book Description:
Gender and Identity around the World explores a variety of gender and LGBTQ experiences and issues in countries from all the world's regions. Guided by more than 50 recognized academic experts, readers will examine how gender and LGBTQ identities are developed, fought for, perceived, and policed in countries as diverse as France, Brazil, Russia, Jordan, Iraq, and China.
Each chapter opens with a general introduction to a country or group of countries and flows into a discussion of gender and identity in terms of culture, education, family life, health and wellness, law, work, and activism in that region of the world. A section on contemporary issues specific to the country or group of countries follows this discussion.
Features
- Readers gain in-depth information from more than 50 recognized experts writing from around the world
- Readers can compare and contrast life experiences from a number of different geopolitical and cultural regions
- Each chapter explores a country or region's gender and LGBTQ experiences in terms of culture, law, family life traditions, education, health and wellness practices, work norms, and activist movements
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
First Page
911
Last Page
938
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Women's Studies
NSUWorks Citation
Furiasse, Amanda. (2020). Gender Identity in Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. In Chuck Stewart (Eds.), Gender Identity and Worldwide (911-938).
Additional Information
Found in Part 6: Middle East