Gender, Identity, and Islam

Books Reviewed: Valentine M. Moghadam, ed., From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women’s Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007; Ida Lichter, Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices against Oppression. Amherst...

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Publicado: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2010
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:afa234d4e9df40b8bde3ba7bcfd857422021-12-02T19:41:22ZGender, Identity, and Islam10.35632/ajis.v27i1.13602690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/afa234d4e9df40b8bde3ba7bcfd857422010-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1360https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Books Reviewed: Valentine M. Moghadam, ed., From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women’s Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007; Ida Lichter, Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices against Oppression. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2009; Wahida Shaffi, ed., Our Stories, Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women’s Voices. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2009. The realm of gender studies is rife with potential research foci: to comprise the geographical, political, and ethical breadth that spans North Africa to South Asia, war novels and Iranian cinema to dowries and hudud is, then, a veritable feat. Assuming the concept of patriarchy as the nexus from which to assess the multidimensional subjugation of women within the political, socioeconomic, and ethnic spheres, Valentine M. Moghadam affords a sweeping, yet insightful, collection of nineteen articles originating from the “Women in the Global Community” conference hosted in Istanbul by the Fulbright Commission in September 2002 ... K. Luisa GandolfoInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 27, Iss 1 (2010)
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description Books Reviewed: Valentine M. Moghadam, ed., From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women’s Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007; Ida Lichter, Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices against Oppression. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2009; Wahida Shaffi, ed., Our Stories, Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women’s Voices. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2009. The realm of gender studies is rife with potential research foci: to comprise the geographical, political, and ethical breadth that spans North Africa to South Asia, war novels and Iranian cinema to dowries and hudud is, then, a veritable feat. Assuming the concept of patriarchy as the nexus from which to assess the multidimensional subjugation of women within the political, socioeconomic, and ethnic spheres, Valentine M. Moghadam affords a sweeping, yet insightful, collection of nineteen articles originating from the “Women in the Global Community” conference hosted in Istanbul by the Fulbright Commission in September 2002 ...
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