(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
Azra & Maria Gilani:
A Muslim mother's fight
Vigmostad & Bjørke, Norway
In the fall of 2016, Pakistani Azra Gilani had a chronicle of print in the Aftenposten entitled "Muslim Mothers, now you must wake up". With the Chronicle, Gilani wanted to settle with terms such as shame and honor, and she believed that successful integration starts with the women. Gilani received many and strong reactions. IN A Muslim mother's fight, which she has written with her daughter Maria, tells of her time in Norway, from her arrival as a labor immigrant early in the 70 century. From the beginning, Azra wanted to adapt to Norwegian society, and experienced resistance from both her family and the Norwegian-Pakistani environment. In the preface to the book, Azra Gilani asks, among other things, "What can we Muslim mothers do to bring about a change in the society we are part of?"
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Rape and Resistance
Polity, USA / England
Martín Alcoff has in the wake of MeToo wrote a book about one page that has been little contemplated so far, according to the author: Often, the offended had to bear too much responsibility even when the abuse became known. The author is a lawyer, former activist, and as she writes, she is also a "survivor" / survivor. She teaches philosophy and gender research at Hunter College and New York University. "It wasn't until I began a serious study by French philosopher Michel Foucault that I thought about sexual abuse in a theoretical context. Foucault's statements about rape are problematic, to say the least, and have received much-deserved feminist criticism, ”she writes, discussing Foucault's views later in the book, as one of several approaches to a complex issue.
Team Ingold:
Anthropology: Why it Matters
Polity, USA / England
This book is part of the publisher's series why it matters. On a number of pressing issues about our society today, be it fundamentalism, climate challenges or general instability, the very subject of anthropology may be the insight we need to face this, the author believes. Anthropology is the doctrine of man, and the subject allows man's wisdom and experience to be expressed, regardless of their background. The publisher believes anthropology can have a renaissance in our time, linked to hope and participation in the social debate. The Norwegian social anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen is quoted on the publisher's side, he describes Ingold as an original and radical thinker, who deserves many readers, even beyond his own field.
