Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean, edited by Fatima Sadiqi, is being published by Routledge in hardback as a part of a newly created series called Routledge Advances in Mediterranean Studies. Here is the link for a pre-order.
The book contains an introduction by the editor and four parts enclosing 14 chapters: women and written knowledge; women and oral knowledge; women, legal, religious and economic knowledge; and women and media knowledge. Here are the chapters and authors’ names:
-“A Skeptical Cast of Mind” by Marjorie Lightman”
- “Women and Knowledge in Italy and Venice During the Early Modern Period” by Paola Malpezzi
-“Seven Francophone Mediterranean Women Writers Speak Out Inside and Outside” by Evelyne Accad
-“Moroccan Women Authors of French Expression: Feminine Voices of “la Littérature-Monde” in the Age of Globalization” by Valérie Orlondo
- “The Necessity of Having it Both Ways: Tradition, Modernity, and Experience in the Works of Hélé Béji” by Mary Barnard
-“Textual Orality and Knowledge of Illiterate Women. The Textual Performance of Jewish Women in Morocco” by Joseph Chetrit
- “Berber Women’s Oral Knowledge” by Fatima Sadiqi
-“Morocco’s 2004 Family Code Moudawana: Improving Access to Justice for Women” by Leila Hanafi and Christine Pratt
-“Women’s Access to Legal Knowledge: The Case of Palestinian Women’s NGOs in Israel” by Liat Kozma
- “Women and Religious Knowledge: Focus on Muslim Women Preachers” by Moha Ennaji
-“Women and Reproductive Knowledge in the Mediterranean” by Rachel Newcomb
-“Contextulaizing the Gender Representation in Cyprus Television” by Mary Koutselini and Sofia Agathangelou
-“Gender and Political Engagement: A Role For The Media in Malta” by Carmen Sammut
-“Stepping Out: Women Blogging in Their Discontents” by Marlyn Tadros
