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Author Mernissi, Fatima.

Title Women's rebellion & Islamic memory / Fatima Mernissi.

Publication Info. Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1996.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.4869 M566W    Check Shelf
Description xv, 131 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Introduction ---- 1. Writing is Better than a Face-lift --- 2. Rebuilding Baghdad in a Different Galaxy --- 3. Morocco: The Merchantʹs Daughter and the Son of the Sultan --- 4. Women, Saints and Sanctuaries --- 5. Virginity and Patriarchy --- 6. Is Population Control Conceivable without Democracy? The Conflict between the Islamic State and Women --- 7. Womenʹs Work: Religious and Scientific Concepts as Political Manipulation in Dependent Islam --- 8. The Jariya and the Caliph: Reflections on the Role of Women in Muslim Political Memory --- 9. Women in Muslim History: Traditional Perspectives and New Strategies --- 10. Femininity as Subversion: Reflections on the Muslim Concept of Nushuz.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Muslim women -- History.
Women in Islam.
Feminism -- Arab countries.
Women -- Arab countries -- Social conditions.
Women -- Arab countries.
Women in Islam -- Arab countries.
Women (Islamic law)
Added Title Vergessene Macht. English
Women's rebellion and Islamic memory
ISBN 1856493970
1856493989 paperback
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