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Women and gender in Islam : historical roots of a modern debate /

Explores the historical roots of the debate about women in Islamic societies by tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender up to the present. The book describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East both before and after the rise of Islam.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ahmed, Leila (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [1992]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. The pre-Islamic Middle East. Mesopotamia ; The Mediterranean Middle East
  • part 2. Founding Discourses. Women and the rise of Islam ; The transitional age ; Elaboration of the founding discourses ; Medieval Islam
  • part 3. New Discourses. Social and intellectual change ; The discourse of the veil ; The first feminists ; Divergent voices ; The struggle for the future.