Description: A comparative analysis of the social and cultural dimensions of nationalism in the Middle East.
Brief description: Fatma Müge Göçek is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire: Ottoman Westernization and Social Change, editor of Political Cartoons in the Middle East: Cultural Representation in the Middle East, and coeditor (with Shiva Balaghi) of Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East: Tradition, Identity, and Power.
Review Quotes:
"I know of no comparable works in which nationalistic issues and cultural issues are joined in a study of the Middle East. The volume is superb, and should attract a lot of attention." -- Robert L. Canfield, Washington University