| Description |
ix, 166 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Oriental Sexuality: Imagined and Real. Muslim Women Imagined. The Islamic Concept of Sexuality -- 2. From Orientalism to Islamic Feminism. A Breakthrough in Studies of Gender and Islam. The Construction of a New 'Muslim Woman'. The Veil as a Tool of Empowerment? -- 3. Postmodern Relativism and the Politics of Cultural Difference. The Postmodern Frame. Rethinking Modernity in the Middle East? -- 4. Islamic Fundamentalism and its Nostalgic Accomplice. Islamic Fundamentalism Defined. The Marriage of Premodern and Postmodern Outlooks -- 5. Women, Modernity and Social Change. Mystification of 'Islamic Traditions'. Feminism Revisited -- 6. Fundamentalists in Power: Conflict and Compromise. The Islamization Project. Women's Legal Rights in the Family. The Law of Retribution. Paid Work as a Terrain of Contestation. Resistance to the Islamization Project -- 7. Islamic Feminism and its Discontents. 'Muslim' Feminism and Gender Activism. Silencing the Secular Voices |
| Summary |
"A major feminist critique of Islamic fundamentalism, this book asks some hard questions of those who, in denouncing the racism of Western feminism, have taken up an uncritical embrace of the Islamic identity of Muslim women. It is urgent reading for all those concerned about human rights, as well as for students and academics of women's studies, political science, social theory and religious studies."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Islamic fundamentalism.
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Muslim women.
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Women (Islamic law)
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Women in Islam.
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Women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions.
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| LC no. |
99022771 |
| ISBN |
1856495892 (cased) |
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1856495906 (paperback) |
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