This article analyses the outcome of the Egyptian uprising on women's issues by focusing on
women's bodies and the discursive ways by which they are constituted and constitute …

In Women of the Midan, Sherine Hafez demonstrates how women were a central part of
revolutionary process of the Arab Spring. Women not only protested in the streets of Cairo …

At a time when issues of gender and sexuality are as prominent as they have ever been,
Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe provides an authoritative exploration of the …

This book provides a unique investigation into the gender dynamics of the Arab Spring as it
unfolded in North Africa. It covers issues such as gender legislation in the post-revolution …

In November 2011, 20-year-old Egyptian blogger Alia al-Mahdy posted a nude picture of
herself on her blog. The photograph received 1.5 million hits within a week of its posting and …

This article examines the gender politics of Euro 2012, an international men's football
tournament that took place in Poland and Ukraine, through two cases of female protest …

In this article I explore the concept of the rebellious girl by examining the cases of three
different girls: an HIV activist in South Africa; a young feminist in Finland; and a topless on …

This chapter presents a theory of constituted subjectivities as a lens to analyse macrological
and micrological features of power through the discussion of several parallel discursive …

Abstract In 2008, Anna Hutsol, an economist by training, founded feminist organization
FEMEN (Megginson 2011). Comprised mostly of university-educated women, FEMEN has …

Costume can create its own narration through which relationships between different political
actors are revealed. Power is foregrounded in such an analysis.'Pussy Riot','Femen'and the …