| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 195 pages) |
| Series |
Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 36 |
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Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 36.
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| Contents |
Gender and the nation state: family law, scholars, activists, and dissidents -- Feminization of the Islamist movements: the one million signature campaign -- Reversing the feminist gains: the Islamist mass rally of 2000 -- Feminism and Islamism redefined: in light of the 2003 terror attack on Casablanca -- Subversive veiling: beyond the binary of the secular and the religious |
| Summary |
There are two major women's movements in Morocco: the Islamists who hold shari'a as the platform for building a culture of women's rights, and the feminists who use the United Nations' framework to amend shari'a law. Between Feminism and Islam shows how the interactions of these movements over the past two decades have transformed the debates, the organization, and the strategies of each other. In Between Feminism and Islam, Zakia Salime looks at three key movement moments: the 1992 feminist One Million Signature Campaign, the 2000 Islamist mass rally opposing the reform of family law, and the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index |
| Subject |
Feminism -- Morocco
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Muslim women -- Political activity -- Morocco
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Women in Islam -- Morocco
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Human rights -- Morocco
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Feminism
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Human rights
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Muslim women -- Political activity
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Women in Islam
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Morocco
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816678327 |
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0816678324 |
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9781452946085 |
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1452946086 |
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