ISBN:
9780199850716
,
0199850712
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (vi, 190 p.)
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935 - Muslim women in America
DDC:
305.4'8697'0973
Keywords:
Muslims United States
;
Social conditions
;
Muslim women United States
;
Social conditions
;
Group identity United States
;
Sex role United States
;
Islam Social aspects
;
United States
;
USA
;
Muslimin
;
Soziale Situation
Abstract:
This text surveys the situation of women in Islam, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. It offers an overview of the teachings of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad on gender, and analyses the ways in which the West has historically viewed Muslim women.
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177831.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177831.001.0001
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