Book Cover
Book
Author Brooks, Geraldine.

Title Nine parts of desire : the hidden world of Islamic women / Geraldine Brooks
Edition First edition
Published New York ; Sydney : Anchor, [1995]
©1995

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  305.486971 Bro/Npo  AVAILABLE
Description 255 pages ; 25 cm
Contents 1. The holy veil -- 2. Whom no man shall have deflowered before them -- 3. Here come the brides -- 4. The prophet's women -- 5. Converts -- 6. Jihad is for women, too -- 7. A queen -- 8. The getting of wisdom -- 9. Risky business -- 10. Politics, with and without a vote -- 11. Muslim women's games -- 12. A different drummer -- Conclusion: Beware of the dogma
Summary This book analyses how Islam's holiest texts have been misused to justify repression of women and helps to develop an understanding of the lives of Muslim women
Notes Library's N copy signed by the author, 17 November 2015. ANL
Bibliography Includes bibliography and index
Notes Also issued online
Subject Islamic fundamentalism -- Arab countries.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Muslim women -- Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Middle East -- Social conditions.
Muslim women.
Women in the Hadith.
Women in the Qurʼan.
LC no. 94017496
ISBN 0241134927
0385475764
0385475772
0868245712
Other Titles 9 parts of desire
9 parts of desire