Rita Stephan
Biographic Data
| ID | 377676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rita Stephan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rita |
| FAMILY NAME | Stephan |
| SIGNATURE | STEPHAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The “Power of Presence”: Professional Women Leaders and Family Law Reform in Morocco
The 2004 reforms of Islamic family law in Morocco brought about a long-awaited expansion of women’s rights. The Moroccan women’s movement was a key player in the promulgation of the reforms. We highlight the role of professional women leaders in the movement and show how they developed political capital and the “power of presence” by combining (i) professional attainment, (ii) leadership in women’s organizations, and (iii) active participation or…
Not-So-Secret Weapons: Lebanese Women's Rights Activists and Extended Family Networks
This study asks one crucial question: How do Lebanese women apply available social capital and informal social networks to engage in political activism for women's rights? Building on social- and women's-movement theories, I argue that Lebanese feminists do not exclusively operate in the public sphere in their fight for political goals, nor do they privilege only the extra-family space. On the contrary, they engage in political activities by usin…
War and Gender Performance: The Evacuation of Lebanese-American Women in the 2006 War
The 2006 war in Lebanon that erupted between Hezbollah and Israel marked the largest evacuation of Americans abroad since World War II. This article captures the experiences of Lebanese-American women and investigates how gender identity was expressed during these evacuations. Presented from the point of view of a participant-observer and personal interviews, findings show that gender became a master identity that influenced these women's choices…
Creating Solidarity in Cyberspace
The Arab Women’s Solidarity Association United (AWSA United) is a pluralistic, transnational, and scholastic women’s advocacy group that emerged in cyberspace in 1999. Arab women in the diaspora sought cyberspace as a safe space to connect with one another in their activism for women’s rights in the Arab world. Using an online survey and analysis of printed and electronic documents, this case study investigates Arab women’s cyberfeminism. It expl…
Couple's activism in Lebanon: The legacy of Laure Moghaizel
Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy and Society ed by Eleanor Abdella Doumato and Marsha Pripstein Posusney
Book Review| July 01 2006 Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy and Society ed by Eleanor Abdella Doumato and Marsha Pripstein Posusney Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy and Society, Doumato, Eleanor Abdella; Posusney, Marsha Pripstein, eds. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2003. Rita Stephan Rita Stephan University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google J…
Arab Women Writing Their Sexuality
Egyptian psychiatrist Nawal al-Saadawi and Syrian novelist Ghada al-Samman challenge the dichotomy of women's sexuality as both a deviant power of beauty and an object of social control. By reviewing some of the writings of al-Saadawi and al-Samman, I compare their analyses of sexual relations vis-à-vis social structures and religious regulations. I argue that by reclaiming their rights to sexuality, they not only contest the sexual hegemonic dis…
Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East; Valentine Moghadam
Couple's activism in Lebanon: The legacy of Laure Moghaizel
Creating Solidarity in Cyberspace
The Arab Women’s Solidarity Association United (AWSA United) is a pluralistic, transnational, and scholastic women’s advocacy group that emerged in cyberspace in 1999. Arab women in the diaspora sought cyberspace as a safe space to connect with one another in their activism for women’s rights in the Arab world. Using an online survey and analysis of printed and electronic documents, this case study investigates Arab women’s cyberfeminism. It expl…
Arab Women Writing Their Sexuality
Egyptian psychiatrist Nawal al-Saadawi and Syrian novelist Ghada al-Samman challenge the dichotomy of women's sexuality as both a deviant power of beauty and an object of social control. By reviewing some of the writings of al-Saadawi and al-Samman, I compare their analyses of sexual relations vis-à-vis social structures and religious regulations. I argue that by reclaiming their rights to sexuality, they not only contest the sexual hegemonic dis…
The “Power of Presence”: Professional Women Leaders and Family Law Reform in Morocco
The 2004 reforms of Islamic family law in Morocco brought about a long-awaited expansion of women’s rights. The Moroccan women’s movement was a key player in the promulgation of the reforms. We highlight the role of professional women leaders in the movement and show how they developed political capital and the “power of presence” by combining (i) professional attainment, (ii) leadership in women’s organizations, and (iii) active participation or…
War and Gender Performance: The Evacuation of Lebanese-American Women in the 2006 War
The 2006 war in Lebanon that erupted between Hezbollah and Israel marked the largest evacuation of Americans abroad since World War II. This article captures the experiences of Lebanese-American women and investigates how gender identity was expressed during these evacuations. Presented from the point of view of a participant-observer and personal interviews, findings show that gender became a master identity that influenced these women's choices…
Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East; Valentine Moghadam
Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy and Society ed by Eleanor Abdella Doumato and Marsha Pripstein Posusney
Book Review| July 01 2006 Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy and Society ed by Eleanor Abdella Doumato and Marsha Pripstein Posusney Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy and Society, Doumato, Eleanor Abdella; Posusney, Marsha Pripstein, eds. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2003. Rita Stephan Rita Stephan University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google J…
Arab Women Writing Their Sexuality
Egyptian psychiatrist Nawal al-Saadawi and Syrian novelist Ghada al-Samman challenge the dichotomy of women's sexuality as both a deviant power of beauty and an object of social control. By reviewing some of the writings of al-Saadawi and al-Samman, I compare their analyses of sexual relations vis-à-vis social structures and religious regulations. I argue that by reclaiming their rights to sexuality, they not only contest the sexual hegemonic dis…
Couple's activism in Lebanon: The legacy of Laure Moghaizel
Creating Solidarity in Cyberspace
The Arab Women’s Solidarity Association United (AWSA United) is a pluralistic, transnational, and scholastic women’s advocacy group that emerged in cyberspace in 1999. Arab women in the diaspora sought cyberspace as a safe space to connect with one another in their activism for women’s rights in the Arab world. Using an online survey and analysis of printed and electronic documents, this case study investigates Arab women’s cyberfeminism. It expl…
War and Gender Performance: The Evacuation of Lebanese-American Women in the 2006 War
The 2006 war in Lebanon that erupted between Hezbollah and Israel marked the largest evacuation of Americans abroad since World War II. This article captures the experiences of Lebanese-American women and investigates how gender identity was expressed during these evacuations. Presented from the point of view of a participant-observer and personal interviews, findings show that gender became a master identity that influenced these women's choices…
The “Power of Presence”: Professional Women Leaders and Family Law Reform in Morocco
The 2004 reforms of Islamic family law in Morocco brought about a long-awaited expansion of women’s rights. The Moroccan women’s movement was a key player in the promulgation of the reforms. We highlight the role of professional women leaders in the movement and show how they developed political capital and the “power of presence” by combining (i) professional attainment, (ii) leadership in women’s organizations, and (iii) active participation or…
Not-So-Secret Weapons: Lebanese Women's Rights Activists and Extended Family Networks
This study asks one crucial question: How do Lebanese women apply available social capital and informal social networks to engage in political activism for women's rights? Building on social- and women's-movement theories, I argue that Lebanese feminists do not exclusively operate in the public sphere in their fight for political goals, nor do they privilege only the extra-family space. On the contrary, they engage in political activities by usin…
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (3 works)