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Gendered paradoxes educating Jordanian women in nation, faith, and progress

Title: Gendered paradoxes [electronic resource] : educating Jordanian women in nation, faith, and progress / Fida J. Adely.
Author: Adely, Fida J., 1971-
Publication: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2012]

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1 online resource (ix, 228 pages)

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Gendered paradoxes (Online)

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Gendered paradoxes (Online)

Subject

Women > Education > Jordan
Young women > Jordan > Social conditions
Girls' schools > Jordan

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-215) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

A day in the life of Nada -- Ambiguous times and spaces -- Jordan and the al-Khatwa Secondary School for Girls : people, place, and time -- Performing patriotism : rituals and moral authority in a Jordanian high school -- Who is a good Muslim? : making proper faith in a girls' high school -- Making girls into respectable women -- Education for what? : women, work, and development in Jordan.

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