Degree Year
2020
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Advisor(s)
Zeinab Abul-Magd
Committee Member(s)
Danielle Terrazas-Williams
Pablo Mitchell
Keywords
Resistance, Gender studies, Imperialism, State violence
Abstract
This thesis investigates Iraqi women’s history since 1990. It argues that, in the past three decades, Iraqi women have not been silent victims of US imperialism, the repression of the Iraqi state, or ISIL’s extremism. Instead, they have resisted these forms of violence with visible agency, deploying tools of economic survival, political activism, creative writing, and armed resistance. Iraqi society underwent dramatic changes in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, and in each decade Iraqi women faced violence specific to that period. This thesis argues that Iraqi women’s resistance adapted to the changing circumstances of each decade, sometimes through slight shifts and other times by forging new means of resistance.
Repository Citation
Rice, Thomas P., ""Everybody Hates Us": Iraqi Women Resisting Imperialism, Repression, and Extremism (1990-Present)" (2020). Honors Papers. 707.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/707
