| Description |
xxviii, 259 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index. |
| Contents |
Women in Islam and Muslim societies / John L. Esposito -- Islam and gender : dilemmas in the changing Arab world / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- Gender issues and contemporary Quran interpretation / Barbara Stowasser -- Islam, social change, and the reality of Arab women's lives / Nadia Hijab -- Feminism in an Islamic republic : "Years of hardship, years of growth" / Afsaneh Najmabadi -- Secularist and Islamist discourses on modernity in Egypt and the evolution of the postcolonial nation-state / Mervat Hatem -- Women and the state in Jordan : inclusion or exclusion? / Laurie A. Brand -- Slow yet steady path to women's empowerment in Pakistan / Anita M. Weiss -- Changing gender relations and the development process in Oman / Carol J. Riphenburg -- Women and religion in Bahrain : an emerging identity / May Seikaly -- Gender, Islam, and the state : Kuwaiti women in struggle, pre-invasion to postliberation / Margot Badran -- Philippine Muslim women : tradition and change / Vivienne SM. Angeles. |
| Subject |
Women in Islam.
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Muslim women -- Social conditions.
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Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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| Added Author |
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-
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Esposito, John L.
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| Added Title |
Islam, gender, and social change |
| ISBN |
0195113578 (pbk.) |
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019511356X (alk. paper) |
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