Soft Force : Women in Egypt's Islamic Awakening /

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In the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere. Soft Force examines the writings and activism of these wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLarney, Ellen Anne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Edition:Course Book.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Muslim women > Political activity.
Social Science > Women's Studies.
Social Science > Minority Studies.
Musulmanes > Activite politique.
Women in Islam.
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie.
Sociology.
Sociology, other.
Social Sciences.
Feminism.
Women in Islam > Egypt.
Muslim women > Political activity > Egypt.
Feminism > Egypt.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction-The Islamic Public Sphere and the Subject of Gender: The Politics of the Personal
  • Part One: Women's Liberation in Islam
  • 1. The Liberation of Islamic Letters: Bint al-Shati ʾ's Literary License
  • 2. The Redemption of Women's Liberation: Reviving Qasim Amin
  • Part Two: Gendering Islamic Subjectivities
  • 3. Senses of Self: Niʿmat Sidqi's Theology of Motherhood
  • 4. Covering in the Public Eye: Visualizing the Inner I
  • Part Three: Politics of the Islamic Family
  • 5. The Islamic Homeland: Iman Mustafa on Women's Work
  • 6. Soft Force: Heba Raouf Ezzat's Politics of the Islamic Family
  • Epilogue-Fann wa-Fiṭra: Art and Instinct
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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