Women in Muslim societies : diversity within unity / edited by Herbert L. Bodman, Nayereh Tohidi. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, (c)1998.Description: vii, 311 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
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  • HQ1170.T645.W664 1998
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Contents:
Herbert L. Bodman -- Gender and religion in Hausaland: variations in Islamic practice in Niger and Nigeria Barbara M. Cooper -- When modernity confronts traditional practices: female genital cutting in Northeast Africa Noor J. Kassamali -- Cultural diversity within Islam: veils and laws in Tunisia M.M. Charrad -- Power, ideology, and women's consciousness in postrevolutionary Iran Hisae Nakanishi -- Persisting contradictions: Muslim women in Syria Bouthaina Shaaban -- From two states to one: women's lives in the transformation of Yemen Linda Boxberger --"Guardians of the nation": women, Islam, and the Soviet legacy of modernization in Azerbaijan Nayereh Tohidi -- Between Lenin and Allah: women and ideology in Tajikistan Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh -- Kazak women: living the heritage of a unique past Paula A. Michaels -- Taslima Nasreen and others: the contest over gender in Bangladesh Dina M. Siddiqi -- Urban Minangkabau Muslim women: modern choices, traditional concerns in Indonesia Lucy A. Whalley -- Muslim women in India: a minority within a minority Shahida Lateef -- The issues at hand Nayereh Tohidi.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction Herbert L. Bodman -- Gender and religion in Hausaland: variations in Islamic practice in Niger and Nigeria Barbara M. Cooper -- When modernity confronts traditional practices: female genital cutting in Northeast Africa Noor J. Kassamali -- Cultural diversity within Islam: veils and laws in Tunisia M.M. Charrad -- Power, ideology, and women's consciousness in postrevolutionary Iran Hisae Nakanishi -- Persisting contradictions: Muslim women in Syria Bouthaina Shaaban -- From two states to one: women's lives in the transformation of Yemen Linda Boxberger --"Guardians of the nation": women, Islam, and the Soviet legacy of modernization in Azerbaijan Nayereh Tohidi -- Between Lenin and Allah: women and ideology in Tajikistan Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh -- Kazak women: living the heritage of a unique past Paula A. Michaels -- Taslima Nasreen and others: the contest over gender in Bangladesh Dina M. Siddiqi -- Urban Minangkabau Muslim women: modern choices, traditional concerns in Indonesia Lucy A. Whalley -- Muslim women in India: a minority within a minority Shahida Lateef -- The issues at hand Nayereh Tohidi.

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