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Author Anwar, Etin.

Title Gender and self in Islam / Etin Anwar
Published Abingdon, Oxon. ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Description pages cm
Series Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies
Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies.
Contents 1. Gender thinking and the system it produces -- 2. The creation theories as the bases for ontological self and inclusive humanity -- 3. The transmission of generative self and women's contribution to conception -- 4. The embodiment of masculinity and femininity : the making of material self -- 5. The performance of the self : engendering dependency and pleasures
Summary "Gender and Self in Islam examines the theological, cultural, and social roots of hierarchical gender system in the Muslim communities and its impact on the constitution of the self. It traces the historical and contemporary patterns of women's lives, including their oppressions and their resistance to what is accepted as the philosophical and Islamic truth of being men and women."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Muslim women.
Women in Islam.
LC no. 2005031284
ISBN 0415701031