Women's Lifeworlds: Women's Narratives on Shaping Their Realities

by Edith Sizoo. 254 pgs.

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Contributors:

Edith Sizoo

Publisher:

Routledge

Place of Publication:

London

Publication Year:

1997

Table of contents

	CONTENTS
	Notes on contributors	vii
	Preface: women’s ways of shaping their realities	x
	Acknowledgements	xi
	Part I Introduction
	1 A POLYLOGUE	3
	Edith Sizoo
	Part II The life narratives
	2 ETCHINGS ON A GRAIN OF RICE	21
	Kamala Ganesh , India
	3 CHANGING FACES OF TRADITION	39
	Durre Sameen Ahmed , Pakistan
	4 WOMEN’S WORK AND FULFILMENT IN A CHANGING WORLD	55
	Shanti George , India/The Netherlands
	5 THE ACT OF BREATHING	71
	Esperanza Abellana , Philippines
	6 BELONGING	85
	Yvonne Deutsch , Israel
	7 NO ISOLATION ANY MORE	101
	Amal Krieshe , Palestine
	8 ADVOCATING ISLAMIC RIGHTS	111
	Safia Mohamed Safwat , Sudan
	9 BREAKING CULTURE’S CHAINS	121
	Safiatu Kassim Singhateh , The Gambia
	10 DEFENDING THE SAMAY	137
	Christina Gualinga , Ecuador
	11 TRAVELLING IN A GREEN STONE	147
	Eliane Pontiguara , Brazil
	12 LEFT TO INVENT THE FUTURE	155
	Dolores Rojas Rubio , Mexico
	13 AN IRISH MATRILINEAL STORY: A CENTURY OF CHANGE	163
	Ethel Crowley , Ireland
	14 SUBTLETY IN PERCEPTION	177
	Nicole Note , Belgium
	15 THE SWEET AND SOUR FRUITS OF WOMEN’S LIB	189
	Edith Sizoo , The Netherlands
	16 GIVING AND TAKING SPACE	207
	Jaana Airaksinen , Finland
	Part III The findings
	17 HOW WOMEN CHANGE PLACES AND PLACES CHANGE WOMEN	221
	Edith Sizoo
	Index	249

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