Description |
1 online resource (xl, 616 pages) |
Series |
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; v. 91 |
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Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 91 Bd.
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Contents |
Selected sources for the study of South Asian Muslim women -- Muslim women in the history of South Asia -- Islamic traditions, Muslim women and the reform movement -- Pardah : Muslim women in/out of seclusion -- Religious practices -- In search of their identity : Muslim women setting new goals -- Women, nationalism and religion -- Muslim women's movements in South Asia -- The life cycle of South Asian Muslim women -- Women's rights to inherit property -- Education of South Asian Muslim women -- South Asian Muslim women's health -- Perspectives on South Asian women's development -- The arts and design -- Challenges, threats, and the responses of woman -- Feminism, new scholarship and new tools for development |
Summary |
In this volume comprehensive coverage of South Asian Muslim women's lives and their experiences, historically and contemporaneously, fills a serious gap in the existing scholarship regarding variegated patterns of Muslim communities |
Notes |
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Subject |
Muslim women -- South Asia -- Bibliography
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REFERENCE.
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Muslim women
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Muslimin
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Vrouwen.
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Islamieten.
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Frau -- Islam -- Südasien -- Bibliographie.
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Islam -- Frau -- Südasien -- Bibliographie.
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Muslimin.
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South Asia
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Südasien
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Zuid-Azië.
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Südasien.
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Genre/Form |
Bibliographies
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789047423850 |
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9047423852 |
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1281921858 |
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9781281921857 |
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