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Feminism and Islam : legal and literary perspectives / edited by Mai Yamani with additional editorial assistance from Andrew Allen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, 1996.Description: xii, 385 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 081479680X
  • 0814796818 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.48/6971 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ1170 .F46 1996
Contents:
1. Introduction / Mai Yamani -- 2. Entrepreneurial Women in Egypt / Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot -- 3. Law and the Desire for Social Control: An Insight into the Hanafi Concept of Kafa'a with Reference to the Fatawa 'Alamgiri(1664-1672) / Mona Siddiqui -- 4. Women, Islam and Patriarchalism / Ghada Karmi -- 5. Women in Islamic Law / Raga' El-Nimr -- 6. The Political Agendas and Textual Strategies of Levantine Women Writers / Elizabeth McKee -- 7. Crimes of Honour and the Construction of Gender in Arab Societies / Lama Abu-Odeh -- 8. Islam and Feminism: An Analysis of Political Strategies / Haleh Afshar -- 9. Gender and the Politics of Religion in the Middle East / Maha Azzam -- 10. The Mythology of Modernity: Women and Democracy in Lebanon / Jean Said Makdisi -- 11. Gulf Women and Islamic Law / Munira Fakhro -- 12. Some Observations on Women in Saudi Arabia / Mai Yamani --
13. Stretching the Limits: A Feminist Reading of the Shari'a in Post-Khomeini Iran / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- 14. Statutory Discrimination in Lebanon: A Lawyer's View / Souad Mokbel-Wensley -- 15. Islamic Family Legislation: The Authoritarian Discourse of Silence / Najla Hamadeh -- 16. The Women's Convention in the Muslim World / Jane Connors.
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction HQ1170.F46 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 028963
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Mai Yamani -- 2. Entrepreneurial Women in Egypt / Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot -- 3. Law and the Desire for Social Control: An Insight into the Hanafi Concept of Kafa'a with Reference to the Fatawa 'Alamgiri(1664-1672) / Mona Siddiqui -- 4. Women, Islam and Patriarchalism / Ghada Karmi -- 5. Women in Islamic Law / Raga' El-Nimr -- 6. The Political Agendas and Textual Strategies of Levantine Women Writers / Elizabeth McKee -- 7. Crimes of Honour and the Construction of Gender in Arab Societies / Lama Abu-Odeh -- 8. Islam and Feminism: An Analysis of Political Strategies / Haleh Afshar -- 9. Gender and the Politics of Religion in the Middle East / Maha Azzam -- 10. The Mythology of Modernity: Women and Democracy in Lebanon / Jean Said Makdisi -- 11. Gulf Women and Islamic Law / Munira Fakhro -- 12. Some Observations on Women in Saudi Arabia / Mai Yamani --

13. Stretching the Limits: A Feminist Reading of the Shari'a in Post-Khomeini Iran / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- 14. Statutory Discrimination in Lebanon: A Lawyer's View / Souad Mokbel-Wensley -- 15. Islamic Family Legislation: The Authoritarian Discourse of Silence / Najla Hamadeh -- 16. The Women's Convention in the Muslim World / Jane Connors.

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