Women in Islam and the Middle East : a reader / edited by Ruth Roded. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; I.B. Tauris ; 1999.; New York, New York : In the U.S. and Canada distributed by St. Martin's Press, (c)1999.Description: xv, 271 pages : 1 geneal table, 1 map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ1170.R687.W664 1999
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Contents:
The biography of the Prophet : women in battle -- Sayings of the Prophet : selective quotation -- Shii martyrology : the death of Fatima, daughter of the Prophet -- Historical biographies : a royal woman of the Umayyad Dynasty -- Chronicles : mother of Abbasid Caliphs -- An early legal compendium : purity, legal competence and property ownership -- The evidence of women : equality in marriage : a legal guide -- Theory of government : must visiers and judges be men? -- Rules for kings : regarding their wives : dangerous precedents -- Sufi hagiography : devout women -- Medieval learned women -- Women in court : economic transactions -- Property ownership : philanthropy and management : endowment documents -- Islamic views on sexuality -- Folk tales : Juha and his wife : Aisha and her husband -- Historical statistics on education -- Out of the harem : women's autobiographies -- An early public lecture on women's liberation -- The feminist movement -- The story of a contemporary woman mystic -- Neo-Islamic responses : Fatima empowered : a covenant for Islamic resistance -- Modern poetry : a daughter of the Galilee challenges men.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction HQ1170.W578 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001024252

Includes bibliographies and index.

The Quran : differing interpretation of the Divine Word -- The biography of the Prophet : women in battle -- Sayings of the Prophet : selective quotation -- Shii martyrology : the death of Fatima, daughter of the Prophet -- Historical biographies : a royal woman of the Umayyad Dynasty -- Chronicles : mother of Abbasid Caliphs -- An early legal compendium : purity, legal competence and property ownership -- The evidence of women : equality in marriage : a legal guide -- Theory of government : must visiers and judges be men? -- Rules for kings : regarding their wives : dangerous precedents -- Sufi hagiography : devout women -- Medieval learned women -- Women in court : economic transactions -- Property ownership : philanthropy and management : endowment documents -- Islamic views on sexuality -- Folk tales : Juha and his wife : Aisha and her husband -- Historical statistics on education -- Out of the harem : women's autobiographies -- An early public lecture on women's liberation -- The feminist movement -- The story of a contemporary woman mystic -- Neo-Islamic responses : Fatima empowered : a covenant for Islamic resistance -- Modern poetry : a daughter of the Galilee challenges men.

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