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Women and Islam : critical concepts in sociology / edited by Haideh Moghissi. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - 3 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Critical concepts in sociology .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
Vol.II-SOCIA L CONDITION, OBSTACLE S A N D PROSPECTS;
Acknowledgements;
PART 4-Women, sexuality and sexual politics in Islamic cultures;
SECTION 4.1 WOMEN , SEXUALITY , BOD Y IMAG E AN D MORA L ORDER
23-Sexuality and sexual politics: conflicts and contradictions for contemporary women in the Middle East EVELYN E ACCA D;
24-Sexual aggression against the female child NAWA L E L SAADAW I;
25-Female-centered world views in Iranian culture: symbolic representations of sexuality in dramatic games KAVE H SAFA-ISFAHAN I;
26. Woman-woman love in Islamic societies STEPHE N O . MURRA Y.
27. The Muslim religious right ('fundamentalists') and sexuality AYESH A M. IMA M;
SECTION 4.2 VEIL AN D GENDERE D MORALIT Y IN ISLAMIC STATES;
28. The veil becomes a movement FADW A E L GUIND I;
29. Post-colonial feminism and the veil: thinking the difference LAM A AB U ODE H;
SECTION 4.3 - 'HONOU R KILLING';
30. Intrafamily femicide in defence of honour: the case of Jordan FADI A FAQI R;
31. Commodifying honor in female sexuality: honor killings in Palestine SUZANN E RUGG I;
32 "The killing seemed to be necessary": Arab cultural affiliation as an extenuating circumstance in a Swedish verdict A S A ELDE N;
PART 5-Family, education and health SECTION 5.1-WOMEN , MARRIAG E AN D DIVORC E IN MUSLIM SOCIETIES;
33. The Arab family and the challenge of social transformation HALI M BARAKA T;
34. Temporary marriage: an Islamic discourse on female sexuality in Iran SHAHL A HAER I;
35. Obedience (ta'a) in Muslim marriage: religious interpretation and applied law in Egypt CAROLY N FLUEHR-LOBBA N AN D LOI S BARDSLEY-SIROIS;
SECTION 5.2 WOME N AN D REPRODUCTIV E CHOICE;
36. Arab culture and writing women's bodies LEIL A AHME D;
37. Abortion, Islam, and the 1994 Cairo Population Conference DONN A LE E BOWEN;
38. Bargaining with fundamentalism: women and the politics of population control in Iran HOM A HOODFA R;
PART 6-Women , paid work and cultural conflict;
SECTION 6.1 CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT , MODERNISATIO N AN D WOMEN' S WOR K 39 Women and modernization: a revaluation AFA F LUTF I AL-SAYYI D MARSOT;
40. Women's labour in the Bangladesh garment industry: choices and constraints NAIL A KABEER;
41. The politics of gender and development in the Islamic republic of Iran ELI Z SANASARIAN;
SECTION 6.2-PERSISTING INEQUALITIES : EDUCATION , EMPLOYMEN T AND TRANSFORMATION OF GENDE R ROLES;
42. Ethnicity and female labour market participation: a new look at the Palestinian enclave in Israel NABI L KHATTAB;
43. A study of girls 9 lack of access to primary education in the Islamic republic of Iran GOLNA R MEHRA N;
44. Education behind the veil: women in Afghanistan SHARIF A SHARIF;
45. Domesticity reconfigured: women in squatter areas of Amman SETENE Y SHAMI;
PART 7-Arts and literature: women's literature in Islamic cultures;
46. Reviewing beginnings MIRIAM E COOKE;
47. The perils of writing FARZANE H MILANI;
48. Imagination as subversion: narrative as a tool of civic awareness AZA R NAFISI;
49. A voice from Iraq: the fiction of Alia Mamdouh: a cultural review FARIDA ABU-HAIDAR.

v. 1. Images and realities -- v. 2. Social conditions, obstacles and prospects -- v. 3. Womens's movements in Muslim societies.

ISBN: 0415324181 (set) 041532419X (v. 1) 0415324203 (v. 2) 0415324211 (v. 3)

LCCN: 2004046830

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Muslim women.
Muslim women--Social conditions.
Muslim women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Feminism.

LC Class. No.: HQ1170 / .W555 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 305.48 MOG II