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Islam, gender, & social change /

"The essays collected in this book place this issue in its historical context and offer case studies of Muslim societies from North Africa to Southeast Asia. These fascinating studies shed light on the impact of the Islamic resurgence on gender issues in Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Oman, Bah...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935- (Editor ), Esposito, John L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Women in Islam and Muslim societies / John L. Esposito
  • Islam and gender: dilemmas in the changing Arab world / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
  • Gender issues and contemporary Quran interpretation / Barbara Stowasser
  • Islam, social change, and the reality of Arab women's lives / Nadia Hijab
  • Feminism in an Islamic republic: "Years of hardship, years of growth" / Afsaneh Najmabadi
  • Secularist and Islamist discourses on modernity in Egypt and the evolution of the postcolonial nation-state / Mervat Hatem
  • Women and the state in Jordan: inclusion or exclusion? / Laurie A. Brand
  • Slow yet steady path to women's empowerment in Pakistan / Anita M. Weiss
  • Changing gender relations and the development process in Oman / Carol J. Riphenburg
  • Women and religion in Bahrain: an emerging identity / May Seikaly
  • Gender, Islam, and the state: Kuwaiti women in struggle, pre-invasion to postliberation / Margot Badran
  • Philippine Muslim women: tradition and change / Vivienne SM. Angeles.