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Author Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, 1927-2008, author.

Title In search of Islamic feminism : one woman's global journey / by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea.

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, ©1998.

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Location Call No. Status
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  305.48 FERNEA    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.4869 F364IA    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.4869 F364I    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  305.4869 FERNEA    On Display
Edition 1st edition.
Description xvi, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents 1. Uzbekistan 2. Morocco 3. Kuwait 4. Turkey 5. Egypt 6. Iraq 7. Saudi Arabia: A Brief Visit 8. Israel/Palestine 9. The United States: Coming Home.
Summary "Islamic feminism" would seem a contradiction in terms to most Americans. We are taught to think of Islam as a culture wherein social code and religious law alike force women to accept male authority and surrender to the veil. How could feminism emerge under such a code, let alone flourish? Now, traveling throughout Central Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as Islamic communities in the United States, acclaimed Arab Studies scholar and bestselling author Elizabeth Fernea sets out to answer that question.
Fernea's dialogue with friends, colleagues, and acquaintances prompts a range of diverse and unpredictable responses, but in every country she visits, women demonstrate they are anything but passive. In Iraq, we see an 85 percent literacy rate among women; in Egypt, we see women owning their own farms; and in Jerusalem, we see women at the very forefront of peacemaking efforts. Poor or rich, educated or illiterate, these women define their own needs, solve their own problems, and determine the boundaries of their own very real, very viable feminisms.
Subject Muslim women -- Islamic countries.
Women in Islam -- Islamic countries.
Women -- Islamic countries -- Social conditions.
Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
Muslim women. (OCoLC)fst01030996
Women in Islam. (OCoLC)fst01177797
Islamic countries. (OCoLC)fst01244130
Frau (DE-588)4018202-2
Islam (DE-588)4027743-4
Aufsatzsammlung (DE-588)4143413-4
Feminisme.
Islam.
Frau.
Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung.
Other Form: Online version: Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, 1927-2008. In search of Islamic feminism. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, [1998] (OCoLC)652348012
ISBN 0385475187 (hbk.)
9780385475181 (hbk.)
0385488580 (pbk.)
9780385488587 (pbk.)
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