Women and Islam - Myths, Apologies, and the Limits of Feminist Critique

Informationen zum Autor Ibtissam Bouachrine is associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the director of Middle East studies at Smith College. Klappentext Ibtissam Bouachrine's Women and Islam: Myths, Apologies, and the Limits of Feminist Critique calls for a shift away from the unproductive paradigm of "us" vs. the West that has informed discourse on Muslim women and feminism in the post-9/11 era. Bouachrine challenges and calls for further challenge to the long-celebrated myths and ideologies that have circulated in academic and non-academic circles about Muslim women and the role of feminism, both within and outside the Muslim world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Dangerous Myths: Muslim Women Before the Age of OrthodoxyChapter 2: Sex in Context: Western Representations and the Limits of Edward Said's Orientalism Chapter 3: Sacred Limits: Islamic Feminism, or Feminism ConfinedChapter 4: Veiled Apologies: Muslim Women and The Truth about ChoiceChapter 5: The Fallen Queens of Islam: How the Arab Revolutions Are Failing Women

Product details

• Authors: Ibtissam Bouachrine, Bouachrine Ibtissam
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2015
• EAN: 9780739194058
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9405-8
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Islamic Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Middle Eastern Studies