Women's narratives of sport and war in Iraq.

Autor/inn/en	Shakir Yousif Al-Wattar, Nadhim; Hussein, Fatima; Abdullah Hussein, Alla
Titel	Women's narratives of sport and war in Iraq.
Quelle	Aus: Benn, Tansin (Hrsg.); Pfister, Gertrud (Hrsg.); Jawad, Haifaa (Hrsg.): Muslim women and sport. London: Routledge (2011) S. 249-262Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	International studies in physical education and youth sport
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-0-415-49076-4
Schlagwörter	Kultur; Interview; Frau; Geschlechterforschung; Krieg; Sozialer Status; Islam; Frauensport; Sport; Sportaktivität; Sportpolitik; Sportsoziologie; Sportunterricht; Studium; Biografie; Entwicklung; Mädchen; Irak
Abstract	This contribution offers experiential accounts of the lives of five practitioners in women's sport in Iraq. The insights gained indicate the serious issues of the rise of conservative forces, dogmatic religious forces and ethnic tensions that have impacted negatively on the opportunities for women in the field of sport generally. The position for Iraqi women currently living and working inside the country is difficult. The recent war and occupation has left much turmoil, differently experienced in the various regions of the country. Iraqis face huge political, religious, social and economic challenges in the rebuilding of their country. In this situation we are privileged, through the efforts of the authors and the willingness of participants, to share the voices of Iraqi women working in the field of sport who have volunteered to contribute to the book. An initial section containing background information on women in sport in Iraq is followed by extracts from the personal reflections of the women as they felt able to express them at the time recounted in the interviews. Einleitung (gekürzt).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2011/3