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Author Al-Rasheed, Madawi.

Title A most masculine state [electronic resource] : gender, politics, and religion in Saudi Arabia / Madawi Al-Rasheed.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2013.

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Description xii, 333 p.
Series Cambridge Middle East studies ; 43
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 43.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the 'woman question' in Saudi Arabia -- From religious revival to religious nationalism -- Schooling women: the state as benevolent educator -- Symbols of piety: fatwa on women in the 1980s -- The quest for cosmopolitan modernity -- Women in search of themselves -- Celebrity women novelists and the cosmopolitan fantasy -- Guarding self and nation: women preachers and activists -- Conclusion: light at the end of the tunnel.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Feminism -- Saudi Arabia.
Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Women and religion -- Saudi Arabia.
Sex role -- Saudi Arabia.
Women's rights -- Saudi Arabia.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780521761048 (hbk.)
9780521122528 (pbk.)
9781139611565 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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