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Gender, politics, and Islam / edited by Therese Saliba, Carolyn Allen, and Judith A. Howard.

Contributor(s): Saliba, Therese | Allen, Carolyn, 1943- | Howard, Judith A, 1947 August 4-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 354 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0226734293 (paper : alk. paper); 9780226734293 (paper : alk. paper); 0226734285 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226734286 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Muslim women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions | Muslim women -- Political activity -- Islamic countries | Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Women in IslamDDC classification: 305.48/6971017671 LOC classification: HQ1170 | .G43 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Islamic feminism and its discontents : towards a resolution of the debate / Valentine M. Moghadam -- The politics of feminism in Islam / Anouar Majid -- The power paradox in Muslim women's Majales : North-West Pakistani mourning rituals as sites of contestation over religious politics, ethnicity, and gender / Mary Elaine Hegland -- Icons and militants : mothering in the danger zone / Julie Peteet -- Elusive bodies : the politics of aesthetics among Yemeni elite women / Gabriele von Bruck -- Contesting the illicit : gender and the politics of Fatwas in Bangladesh / Elora Shehabuddin -- Women in the era of modernity and Islamic fundamentalism : the case of Taslima Nasrin of Bangladesh / S.M. Shamsul Alam -- Framing Nawal El Saadawi : Arab feminism in a transnational world / Amal Amireh -- Muslim women : negotiations in the third space / Shahnaz Khan.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West HQ1170 .G43 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902337142

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Islamic feminism and its discontents : towards a resolution of the debate / Valentine M. Moghadam -- The politics of feminism in Islam / Anouar Majid -- The power paradox in Muslim women's Majales : North-West Pakistani mourning rituals as sites of contestation over religious politics, ethnicity, and gender / Mary Elaine Hegland -- Icons and militants : mothering in the danger zone / Julie Peteet -- Elusive bodies : the politics of aesthetics among Yemeni elite women / Gabriele von Bruck -- Contesting the illicit : gender and the politics of Fatwas in Bangladesh / Elora Shehabuddin -- Women in the era of modernity and Islamic fundamentalism : the case of Taslima Nasrin of Bangladesh / S.M. Shamsul Alam -- Framing Nawal El Saadawi : Arab feminism in a transnational world / Amal Amireh -- Muslim women : negotiations in the third space / Shahnaz Khan.

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