Women and Fundamentalism - Islam and Christianity

During the past two decades, the surge of religious fundamentalism in the United States and in the Muslim world has resulted in many studies of the status of women and other family issues. This volume is a cross-cultural study of women's social status in Iran, Egypt, and in the U.S. during different stages of religious fundamentalism. In each of these countries, women have been active participants in fundamentalist movements, and this study shows that such participation enables women to reexamine their relationship to power in the family and in society and increase their group solidarity and feminist consciousness. The author combined quantitative, historical, and interview techniques in her analysis, gathering data by administering a questionnaire to middle-class women in the three countries. In Iran, she interviewed selected women leaders about future gender roles in the Islamic Republic. Students in women's studies, Middle Eastern culture, religion, history, sociology, and psychology, and political science will be interested in this publication.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Gender Role Paradigms; Chapter 2 A Gendered Vision of Religious Fundamentalism; Chapter 3 American Women’s Stand on the New Christian Right; Chapter 4 Egyptian Women’s Response to Discourse on Fundamentalism; Chapter 5 The Fundamentalist State and Middle-Class Iranian Women; Chapter 6 Iranian Women Leaders Speak about Family, Power, and Feminism; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

About the author

Shahin Gerami

Product details

• Authors: Shahin Gerami, Gerami Shahin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2015
• EAN: 9781138873391
• ISBN: 978-1-138-87339-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Zones of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Islam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Fundamentalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Islamic Studies, Gender studies: women, Religious Fundamentalism, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities