{"product_id":"9781477302460","title":"Modernizing Patriarchy: The Politics of Women's Rights in Morocco","description":"\u003cp\u003eMorocco is hailed by academics, international NGO workers, and the media as a trailblazer in women’s rights and legal reforms. The country is considered a model for other countries in the Middle East and North African region, but has Morocco made as much progress as experts and government officials claim? In \u003ci\u003eModernizing Patriarchy\u003c\/i\u003e, Katja Žvan Elliott examines why women’s rights advances are lauded in Morocco in theory but are often not recognized in reality, despite the efforts of both Islamist and secular feminists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Morocco, female literacy rates remain among the lowest in the region; many women are victims of gender-based violence despite legal reforms; and girls as young as twelve are still engaged to adult men, despite numerous reforms. Based on extensive ethnographic research and fieldwork in Oued al-Ouliya, \u003ci\u003eModernizing Patriarchy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a window into the life of Moroccan Muslim women who, though often young and educated, find it difficult to lead a dignified life in a country where they are expected to have only one destiny: that of wife and mother. Žvan Elliott exposes their struggles with modernity and the legal reforms that are supposedly ameliorating their lives. In a balanced approach, she also presents male voices and their reasons for criticizing the prevailing women’s rights discourse. Compelling and insightful, \u003ci\u003eModernizing Patriarchy\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the rarely talked about reality of Morocco’s approach toward reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141858935024,"sku":"9781477302460","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781477302460_p0.jpg?v=1763614222","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781477302460","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}