ISBN:
0203164458
,
0415248957
,
0415248965
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 339 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Women in Islam : The Western Experience
DDC:
297.082
Keywords:
Women in Islam
;
Muslim women
Abstract:
Investigates the ongoing debate, in both the Muslim world and the West, on the position of women in Islam. Illustrates how Islamic perceptions of women and gender relations change in Western Muslim communities
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Theoretical and methodological reflections; Introduction; Research on Muslims; Arab Muslims in Europe; Defining the area of research; Theoretical reflections on change and changing processes; Reflections on the empirical material; Introduction; Reflections on sharia; Perceptions of women; Gender relations; Women's political participation in Islam; Polygyny; Divorce and child custody; Female circumcision; Islamic female dress; Conclusion; Notes; List of scholars; Glossary; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-332) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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