Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate - Veritas Paperbacks

A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generationThis pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates, ambitiously surveying Islamic discourse on women from Arabia during the period in which Islam was founded to Iraq during the classical age to Egypt during the modern era. The book is now reissued as a Veritas paperback, with a new foreword by Kecia Ali situating the text in its scholarly context and explaining its enduring influence."Ahmed's book is a serious and independent-minded analysis of its subject, the best-informed, most sympathetic and reliable one that exists today."-Edward W. Said"Destined to become a classic. . . . It gives [Muslim women] back our rightful place, at the center of our histories."-Rana Kabbani, The Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Leila Ahmed, Ahmed Leila, Kecia Ali
• Assisted by: Ali Kecia (Foreword)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780300257311
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25731-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Veritas Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book; Islam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Islam / History, HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Middle East, Islamic Studies, History of Religion, Middle Eastern history, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Social groups: religious groups and communities