Women in the Modern History of Libya

Name: Women in the Modern History of Libya
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Women in the Modern History of LibyaExploring Transnational Trajectories\nAuthor(s): Barbara Spadaro, Katrina Yeaw\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367894245, 978-0367894245\nSynopsis\nWomen in the Modern History of Libya features histories of Libyan women exploring the diversity of cultures, languages and memories of Libya from the age of the Empires to the present.\n\nThe chapters explore a series of institutional and private archives inside and outside Libya, illuminating historical trajectories marginalised by colonialism, nationalism and identity politics. They provide engaging and critical exploration of the archives of the Ottoman cities, of the colonial forces of Italy, Britain and the US, and of the Libyan resistance the Maws??at riw?y?t al-jih?d (Oral Narratives of the Jih?d) collection at the Libyan Studies Center of Tripoli as well as of the private records in the homes of Jewish and Amazigh Libyans.