Bibliograph

Women and gender in Islam, historical roots of a modern debate, Leila Ahmed

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Women and gender in Islam, historical roots of a modern debate, Leila Ahmed

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-279) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women and gender in Islam

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

24218727

Responsibility statement

Leila Ahmed

Sub title

historical roots of a modern debate

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

Table Of Contents

Part 1: The pre-Islamic Middle East: Mesopotamia ; The Mediterranean Middle East -- Part 2: Founding Discourses: Women and the rise of Islam ; The transitional age ; Elaboration of the founding discourses ; Medieval Islam -- Part 3: New Discourses: Social and intellectual change ; The discourse of the veil ; The first feminists ; Divergent voices ; The struggle for the future

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Women & gender in Islam

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