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Women and gender in Islam : historical roots of a modern debate / Leila Ahmed. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)1992.Description: viii, 296 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0300049420
  • 0300055838
  • 9780300049428
  • 9780300055832
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ1784.W664 1992
  • HQ1784.A286.W664 1992
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Contents:
PennsylvaniaRT 1: The pre-Islamic Middle East Mesopotamia The Mediterranean Middle East
PennsylvaniaRT 2: Founding Discourses: Women and the rise of Islam The transitional age Elaboration of the founding discourses Medieval Islam
PennsylvaniaRT 3: New Discourses: Social and intellectual change The discourse of the veil The first feminists Divergent voices The struggle for the future.
Summary: Explores the historical roots of the debate about women in Islamic societies by tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender up to the present. The book describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East both before and after the rise of Islam.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction HQ1784.A286.W664 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923002047328
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction HQ1784.A67 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000808390

PennsylvaniaRT 1: The pre-Islamic Middle East Mesopotamia The Mediterranean Middle East

PennsylvaniaRT 2: Founding Discourses: Women and the rise of Islam The transitional age Elaboration of the founding discourses Medieval Islam

PennsylvaniaRT 3: New Discourses: Social and intellectual change The discourse of the veil The first feminists Divergent voices The struggle for the future.

Explores the historical roots of the debate about women in Islamic societies by tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender up to the present. The book describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East both before and after the rise of Islam.

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