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Feminism and Islam : Legal and Literary Perspectives by Mai Yamani (1996, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNew York University Press

ISBN-100814796818

ISBN-139780814796818

eBay Product ID (ePID)314674

Product Key Features

Number of Pages392 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFeminism and Islam : Legal and Literary Perspectives

Publication Year1996

SubjectFeminism & Feminist Theory, Islamic Studies, Women's Studies, Sexuality & Gender Studies, Gender & the Law

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, Religion, Social Science

AuthorMai Yamani

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight20.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN96-021420

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal305.4/86971

SynopsisIn an age when Western feminism is continuously undergoing redefinition, the struggles of women in Muslim countries are often overlooked. This volume illustrates how women in Islamic societies have become more actively involved not only in learning their rights under the sharia (Islamic law) but in rereading this law to improve their status and ......, In an age when Western feminism is continuously undergoing redifinition, the struggles of women in Muslim countries are often overlooked. This volume illustrates how women in Islamic societies have become more actively involved not only in learning their rights under the sharia (Islamic law) but in rereading this law to improve their status and gain increased equality and freedom. Surveying Iran, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt and Arab societies in general, the essays in feminism and Islam focus on such subjects as crimes of honor and the construction of gender in Arab societies; law and the desire for social control; women ad entrepreneurship; family legislation; and the political srategies of feminists inb the Islam world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first Saudi Arabian woman to ean a docorate from Oxford, Mai Yamani is Research associate at the Center of Ixlamic and Middle Eastern law at the School of oriental and African Studies of the University of London., In an age when Western feminism is continuously undergoing redefinition, the struggles of women in Muslim countries are often overlooked. This volume illustrates how women in Islamic societies have become more actively involved not only in learning their rights under the sharia (Islamic law) but in rereading this law to improve their status and gain increased equality and freedom. Surveying Iran, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt and Arab societies in general, the essays in feminism and Islam focus on such subjects as crimes of honor and the construction of gender in Arab societies; law and the desire for social control; women ad entrepreneurship; family legislation; and the political strategies of feminists in the Islam world.

LC Classification NumberHQ1170.F46 1996