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A most masculine state : gender, politics and religion in Saudi Arabia /

Goes beyond conventional tropes describing women in Saudi Arabia to probe the historical, political and religious forces thwarting their emancipation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Al-Rasheed, Madawi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Colección:Cambridge Middle East studies ; 43.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the 'woman question' in Saudi Arabia
  • From religious revival to religious nationalism
  • Schooling women: the state as benevolent educator
  • Symbols of piety: fatwa on women in the 1980s
  • The quest for cosmopolitan modernity
  • Women in search of themselves
  • Celebrity women novelists and the cosmopolitan fantasy
  • Guarding self and nation: women preachers and activists
  • Conclusion: light at the end of the tunnel.