Feminism and Islam : legal and literary perspectives / edited by Mai Yamani, with additional editorial assistance from Andrew Allen. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, (c)1996.Description: xii, 385 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
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  • HQ1170.A425.F465 1996
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Contents:
Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot -- Law and the desire for social control: an insight into the Hanafi concept of Kafa'a with reference to the Fatawa 'Alamgiri (1664-1672) / Mona Siddiqui -- Women, Islam and patriarchalism Ghada Karmi -- Women in Islamic law Raga' El-Nimr -- The political agendas and textual strategies of Levantine women writers Elizabeth McKee -- Crimes of honour and the construction of gender in Arab societies Lama Abu-Odeh.
Haleh Afshar -- Gender and the politics of religion in the Middle East Maha Azzam -- The mythology of modernity: women and democracy in Lebanon Jean Said Makdisi -- Gulf women and Islamic law Munira Fakhro -- Some observations on women in Saudi Arabia Mai Yamani -- Stretching the limits: a feminist reading of the Sharia in post-Khomeini Iran Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- Statutory discrimination in Lebanon: a lawyer's view Souad Mokbel-Wensley -- Islamic family legislation: the authoritarian discourse of silence Najla Hamadeh -- The women's convention in the Muslim world Jane Connors.
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Entrepreneurial women in Egypt Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot -- Law and the desire for social control: an insight into the Hanafi concept of Kafa'a with reference to the Fatawa 'Alamgiri (1664-1672) / Mona Siddiqui -- Women, Islam and patriarchalism Ghada Karmi -- Women in Islamic law Raga' El-Nimr -- The political agendas and textual strategies of Levantine women writers Elizabeth McKee -- Crimes of honour and the construction of gender in Arab societies Lama Abu-Odeh.

Islam and feminism: an analysis of political strategies Haleh Afshar -- Gender and the politics of religion in the Middle East Maha Azzam -- The mythology of modernity: women and democracy in Lebanon Jean Said Makdisi -- Gulf women and Islamic law Munira Fakhro -- Some observations on women in Saudi Arabia Mai Yamani -- Stretching the limits: a feminist reading of the Sharia in post-Khomeini Iran Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- Statutory discrimination in Lebanon: a lawyer's view Souad Mokbel-Wensley -- Islamic family legislation: the authoritarian discourse of silence Najla Hamadeh -- The women's convention in the Muslim world Jane Connors.

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