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Gender in Judaism and Islam : common lives, uncommon heritage /

Jewish and Islamic histories have long been interrelated. Both traditions emerged from ancient cultures born in the Middle East and both are rooted in texts and traditions that have often excluded women. At the same time, both groups have recently seen a resurgence in religious orthodoxy among women...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kashani-Sabet, Firoozeh, 1967- (Editor ), Wenger, Beth S., 1963- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Comparative perspectives
  • 1. Jewish and Muslim feminist theologies in dialogue: discourses of difference / Susannah Heschel
  • 2. Jewish and Islamic legal traditions: diffusions of law / Amira Sonbol
  • Part II. Limits of biology: bodily purity and religiosity
  • 3. Scholarly versus women's authority in the Islamic law of menstrual purity / Marion Katz
  • 4. Gender duality and its subversions in rabbinic law / Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert
  • 5. Gender and reproductive technologies in Shia Iran / Soraya Tremayne
  • Part III. Crimes of passion: formative texts and traditions
  • 6. Not a man: Joseph and the character of masculinity in Judaism and Islam / Lori Lefkovitz
  • 7. Dishonorable passions: law and virtue in Muslim communities / Catherine Warrick
  • 8. Legislating the family: gender, Jewish law, and rabbinical courts in Mandate Palestine / Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
  • Part IV. Cultural depictions of Jewish and Muslim women
  • 9. A Literary perspective: domestic violence, the woman question, and the Arab question in early Zionism / Andrea Siegel
  • 10. An autobiographical perspective: schools, jails, and cemeteries in Shoshanna Levy's life story / Orit Bashkin
  • 11. An artistic perspective: the women of Bahram Beizai's cinema / Hamid Dabashi
  • Afterword: Common ground, contested terrain / Joan W. Scott.